Criminal

Director: Ariel Vromen Ariel Vromen

Overview

Sociopathic death-row inmate Jerico Stewart (Kevin Costner) is implanted with the memories of a deceased CIA agent (Ryan Reynolds) in a desperate attempt to thwart a deadly plot involving a Dutch hacker (Michael Pitt). At the same time, Jerico reconnects with his own humanity as he bonds with the late agent's family. Gary Oldman, Tommy Lee Jones, and Gal Gadot co-star in this espionage thriller directed by Ariel Vromen (The Iceman). ~ Jack Rodgers

Product Details

Release Date:	07/26/2016
UPC:	0031398247296
Original Release:	2016
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	Lions Gate
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen, Color]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Time:	1:53:00
Sales rank:	16,758

Special Features

Deleted Scenes; "Criminal Intent" Featurette; Director's Notes Featurette; Madonik's "Drift and Fall Again" Music Video

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Kevin Costner	Jerico Stewart
Gary Oldman	Quaker Wells
Tommy Lee Jones	Dr. Franks
Ryan Reynolds	Bill Pope
Jordi Mollà	Xavier Heimdahl
Gal Gadot	Jill Pope
Michael Pitt	Jan Strook - The Dutchman
Amaury Nolasco	Esteban Ruiza
Alice Eve	Marta Lynch
Antje Traue	Elsa Mueller
Scott Adkins	Pete Greensleeves
Lara Decaro	Emma Pope
Freddy Bosche	CIA Agent Pfeffer
Emmanuel Imani	CIA Agent #2
Harry Hepple	CIA Tech
Doug Cockle	Extraction Team Leader
Colin Salmon	Warden
Steve Nicolson	SSBN Captain
Sope Dirisu	SSBN Fire & Control
Gisella Marengo	Luggage Shop Saleswoman
Mark Kempner	Black Cab Driver
Michael Bodie	CIA Officer Laundry Team
Joshua James	Higgs
Samantha Coughlan	Navy Officer
Danny Webb	Lewis Deane
David Avery	Kebab Clerk
Joe Fidler	Radio Man Fred Bosh
Michael Webber	Pawnbroker
Katharine Gwen	Francoise
Richard Reid	James Osborne
Kelly Clare	Pedestrian
Joanna Brookes	Librarian
Matthew Steer	Librarian
Andrew Byron	Russian Sentry
Elizabeth Ross	Mrs. Franks
James Richard Marshall	Heimdahl's Guard
Henry Garrett	Air Force Technician
Tim Woodward	Roderick Armstrong
Lotte Rice	Bobby
Nathan Osgood	Professor Callowell
Sarah Middleton	Researcher
Dragos Savulescu	Akhmadov
Tamer Dogem	Kebab Cook
Priyanga Burford	Pharmacist
Diana Dimitrovici	Very Attractive Nurse
Amina Zia	Indian Woman
Rio Fredrika Debolla	Redhead Girl
Steven Brand	News Anchor
Natalie Marie Ames	Female News Anchor
Luca Giorgio Maggiora	Kebab Hooligan #1
Mark Smith	Kebab Hooligan #2
Louis Tamone	MI-5 Officer
Samuel Turner O'Toole	Young Kid
Mark Underwood	Heimdahl's Man
Ian Burfield	Fisherman/Father

Technical Credits

Douglas S. Cook

David Weisberg

Ariel Vromen	Director
Milos Aradanin	Animator
Selena Arizanovic	Musical Direction/Supervision
Petar Bakalov	Animator
Chris Bender	Executive Producer
Jason Bloom	Executive Producer
Phil Booth	Asst. Director
Christa Campbell	Producer
Martin Chichov	Camera Operator
Douglas S. Cook	Screenwriter
Neil Corbould	Special Effects
Christine Crow	Executive Producer
Adam Dale	Cinematographer
Boaz Davidson	Executive Producer
Borislav Dimitrov	Animator
Emil Evtimov	Sound Mixer
Petya Evtimova	Asst. Director
Peter Gachev	Animator
Toma Genov	Animator
Emil Gigov	Art Director
Mark Gill	Producer
Dana W. Gonzales	Cinematographer
Elaine Grainger	Casting
Lati Grobman	Executive Producer
Robert Hayes	Production Designer
Jon Henson	Production Designer
David Hindle	Art Director
S. Esther Hornstein	Associate Producer
Kevin King-Templeton	Executive Producer
Avi Lerner	Executive Producer
Oliver Loncraine	Camera Operator
David McMillan	Sound Mixer
Elena Melamed	Production Manager
Neven Mihaylova	Camera Operator
Ran Mor	Associate Producer
Hannah Moseley	Art Director
Ronen Nagel	Sound/Sound Designer
Ryan Nowak	Sound/Sound Designer
Christine Otal	Executive Producer
Yanko Petrov	Animator
Jason Potter	Associate Producer
Keith Power	Score Composer
Danny Rafic	Editor
Paul Ritchie	Co-producer
Lance Roehrig	Asst. Director
Ivan Sarov	Animator
Trevor Short	Executive Producer
J.C. Spink	Producer
Fraser Taggart	Cinematographer
Nati Taub	Sound Editor
Jill Taylor	Costumes/Costume Designer
John Thompson	Executive Producer
Martin Trevis	Sound Mixer
Brian Tyler	Score Composer
Douglas Urbanski	Executive Producer
David Weisberg	Screenwriter
Hayley Williams	Special Effects Supervisor

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Criminal
1. Scene 1
2. Scene 2
3. Scene 3
4. Scene 4
5. Scene 5
6. Scene 6
7. Scene 7
8. Scene 8
9. Scene 9
10. Scene 10
11. Scene 11
12. Scene 12
13. Scene 13
14. Scene 14
15. Scene 15
16. Scene 16
17. Scene 17

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Editorial Reviews

"You hurt me, I hurt you worse," says Jerico Stewart (Kevin Costner), a violent, brain-damaged sociopath incapable of feeling empathy or much of anything else, as director Ariel Vromen's loud and loony action thriller Criminal opens. And Jerico, a death-row inmate at a West Virginia prison, proves to be -- if nothing else -- a man of his word. Against his will, he is soon whisked away to London, where the CIA forces him to undergo an emergency, experimental operation in which a dead agent's memories are transplanted into his amoral noggin. The deceased operative, Bill Pope (a criminally underused Ryan Reynolds), was attempting to deliver a satchel full of money to the "Dutchman" (Michael Pitt), a sweaty hacker with the power to launch U.S. nuclear weapons, when he was captured and tortured to death by an enraged anarchist (Jordi Mollà) bent on overthrowing world governments and obtaining the launch codes for himself. If the Dutchman doesn't get his cash within 48 hours, he threatens to sell the intel for the nukes. Enter Jerico, who is deemed by neurosurgeon Dr. Franks (Tommy Lee Jones at his most haggard) to be the perfect person to experience this mind-altering operation, since he has an undeveloped frontal lobe stemming from a childhood trauma. It's an extremely rare disorder, or so we are told (you just have to go with it and check your own brain at the door). When the surgery is complete, Quaker Wells (Gary Oldman), Pope's frantic boss, goes ballistic when Jerico can't immediately spit out the Dutchman's location, and orders a couple of underlings to execute him. It isn't giving away much to say that he escapes and begins a bloody rampage through the streets of London, where he savagely pummels or kills anyone who gets in his way. Fortunately, Pope's memories of the case, and perhaps more importantly, snippets of the late agent's time with his wife Jill (Gal Gadot) and daughter Emma (Lara Decaro), begin to take over his mind and slowly transform Jerico into a decent, if still hell-bent, human being. But putting a damper on things is the fact that the positive effects won't last: Jericho will return to his old self within a couple of days. Criminal's high-concept premise is actually a convoluted mixture of the Bourne movies, Charly, and Frankenstein. However, it lacks Bourne's frenetic energy and nuanced characters, and it settles for a sickly sweet conclusion rather than Charly's heart-piercing denouement. But it mostly succeeds as a modern-day monster/spy story, largely due to Costner's frighteningly good performance. Even as his malevolent Jerico beats guys senseless, you feel for him and want him to succeed, not only in the mission suddenly thrust upon him, but in becoming the well-rounded, emotionally rich person he was robbed of being. Equally compelling is Gadot, the big screen's first Wonder Woman. She takes what could have been a routine damsel-in-distress role and infuses it with believability and tough tenderness. Her latter scenes with Jerico, who now knows Jill as well as her late husband did, are easily the film's most moving, and they lift the whole silly enterprise a couple of notches higher than it otherwise deserves. As for Oldman, the less said about his wrongheaded scenery chewing the better -- although it should be noted that the film's character-deficient script, written by The Rock co-scribes Douglas Cook and David Weisberg, doesn't do him or any of the other supporting actors any favors. On the whole, Criminal is a perfectly enjoyable throwaway thriller for undemanding moviegoers looking to kill a Friday or Saturday night at their local cinema. But memories of this actioner will likely dissipate quicker than Jerico's jagged, scrapbook recollections.

All Movie Guide - Tim Holland