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Summary Charlie Swift (Pierce Brosnan), aka "Fast Charlie," is a fixer with a problem: the target he's whacked is missing his head. And he must prove it's the intended target to the man who paid for the hit - New Orleans' most prominent and most ruthless mobster, Beggar Mercado (Gbenga Akinnagbe). Charlie enlists Marcie Kramer (Morena Baccarin),...

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This is the farthest thing in the cinematic firmament from a world-changer you can imagine, but as an evening’s entertainment, it’ll more than do.

Caan is notably frail in appearance, but he gives a forceful, funny, warm and strong performance in one last tough-guy role. Brosnan is a graceful and generous screen partner. Seeing these two veterans effortlessly nailing their scenes is the best thing about this movie.

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]

Exactly what I needed for the late evening after a busy day. No need for any special complex plot. Good old style.

Phillip Noyce’s thriller starring Pierce Brosnan in the title role has the irreverence of an Elmore Leonard tale, leavened with generous doses of sentiment.

Watching Brosnan shoot a henchman’s earring off from 20 feet away is fun and all, but the real pleasure of Fast Charlie has less to do with such “he’s still got it!” theatrics than it does with the slow-boiling idea that, for Charlie and Marcie, the best might still be yet to come.

You’ll spend the next 90 minutes finding out, and for the most part that’s a brisk and painless journey that romps merrily along, powered by its own cliches and memories of better movies, in a way that’s more comfortingly familiar than wearisome.

A bit of an odd one, an action-comedy throwback that doesn’t quite know what it wants to be. Still, it bodes well for Pierce Brosnan’s new phase as a grey-haired action star.

This was alright, not particularly as thrilling as I was hoping. It was kinda comical to watch Brosnan struggling with that yankee-doodle accent that seemed rather intermittent! I was hoping for a bit more action, I guess.

I couldn't get through more than 10 minutes of this movie. The dialogues are poorly written - they are not smart and are boring. I didn't expect Pierce Brosnan to fall so low...

Production Company Ashland Hill Media Finance, Boomtown Media Partners, Foresight Unlimited, Golden Liberty Films, Streamline Global Group, Tetrad Studios, UTA Independent Film Group

Release Date Dec 8, 2023

Duration 1 h 30 m