A dangerous international spy is determined to give up his high stakes life to finally build a closer relationship with his estranged wife and daughter. But first, he must complete one last mission - even if it means juggling the two toughest assignments yet: hunting down the world's most ruthless terrorist and looking after his teenage daughter for the first time in ten years, while his wife is out of town.
How did 3 Days to Kill, which doesn't have the worst imaginable premise, turn out this bad?
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
23 Feb 2014
rotten:
The movie never finds a way to blend the emotional and the rat-a-tat-tat into one seamless package the way that Besson did in his one and only good movie, The Professional.
– Owen Gleiberman,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Feb 2014
fresh:
Pure trash but it's entertaining as hell.
– Richard Roeper,
Richard Roeper.com,
24 Feb 2014
rotten:
Every gag is premised on the fact that Renner allows his work and personal lives to overlap, though this contradicts everything we've been told about him and would obviously heighten the risk to his loved ones.
– J. R. Jones,
Chicago Reader,
28 Feb 2014
rotten:
Charlie's Angels director McG used to know how to marshal a decent action scene (if nothing else), but that touch seems to have deserted him.