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Man Down is an American war thriller directed by Dito Monteil written by Adam G Simon and produced by Steve McEveety, Dawn Krantz, and Jon Burton under the prod

Man Down Movie Review

Man Down Movie Review English Movie Review
Review for the film " Man Down"
Streaming On: Amazon Prime Video
Runtime: 01 Hour 30 Minutes
Certificate: UA
Released: 06-09-2015
Genre: Thriller, Drama
3.2 / 5.00
3.42 / 5.0

CAST & CREW


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  • Producer:
  • Jim Pesoli
  • Myles Nestel
  • Chris Ranta
  • David Segel
  • John Shepherd
  • Martin Sprock
  • Michael J. Urann
  • Douglas Urbanski
  • Kolie Wegner
  • Lisa Wilson
  • Billy Wirth
  • Charles Zeller
  • Pierre Kennel
  • Alissa M. Kantrow
  • Patrick Hibler
  • Dawn Krantz
  • Jon Burton
  • Stephen McEveety
  • Barry Alexander
  • Federico Bauder Mantellini
  • Helen Burton
  • Betsy Danbury
  • Devin Goodsell
  • Roger Goff
  • Jeff Elliott
  • Cinematographer:
  • Shelly Johnson
  • Editor:
  • Jake Pushinsky
  • Mark Yoshikawa
  • Writer:
  • Adam G. Simon
  • Dito Montiel
  • Composer:
  • Clint Mansell
  • Director:
  • Dito Montiel
  • Movie Actor:
  • Charlie Shotwell
  • Shia LaBeouf
  • Pierre Kennel
  • Mustafa Haidari
  • Lukas Bennett
  • Justin Smith
  • Jose Pablo Cantillo
  • Jaylen Moore
  • Jai Courtney
  • Ian Casselberry
  • Greg Vrotsos
  • Greg Duncan
  • Grayson Kilpatrick
  • Gary Oldman
  • Dale Liner
  • Christopher Heskey
  • Christopher Berry
  • Adrian Lockett
  • Robert Pekel
  • Scott Gulino
  • Tory Kittles
  • Charles Barber
  • Movie Actress:
  • Costume Designer:
  • Christine Wada
  • Daniel J. Lester
  • Art Director:
  • Erin Cochran
  • Director of Photography:
  • Shelly Johnson
  • Assistant Director:
  • Tommy Martin
  • Andrew Shepherd
  • J.B. Rogers
  • Casting Director:
  • Tricia Wood
  • Deborah Aquila
  • Production Manager:
  • Geno Hart
  • Will Greenfield
  • Betsy Danbury
  • Laurie Leinonen
  • Andrew Blau
  • Production Designer:
  • Aaron Osborne
  • Set Decorator:
  • Kristin Bicksler
  • Chilly Nathan
  • Actor:
  • Greg Duncan
  • Michael D. Anglin
  • Benjamin Wood
  • Kerry Sims
  • Shia LaBeouf
  • Jaylen Moore
  • Jim Klock
  • Bill O\'Reilly
  • Kenzo Cervoni
  • Wolé Parks
  • Zehra Fazal
  • Naz Deravian
  • Reem Kadem
  • Ned Yousef
  • Pierre Kennel
  • Paul Sado
  • Jai Courtney
  • Gary Oldman
  • Kate Mara
  • Tory Kittles
  • Clifton Collins Jr.
  • Charlie Shotwell
  • Jose Pablo Cantillo
  • Justin Smith
  • Mustafa Haidari
  • Greg Vrotsos
  • Nick Jones Jr.
  • Scott Gulino
  • Robert Pekel
  • Christopher Heskey
  • Dale Liner
  • Sherry Lee
  • Jason Palombo
  • Inder Kumar
  • Grayson Thorne Kilpatrick
  • Tyler James
  • Estefania Crespo
  • Noah Cook
  • Adrian Lockett
  • Christopher Berry
  • Kenny Williams
  • Elizabeth Argibay
  • John L. Armijo
  • Charles Barber
  • Lukas Bennett
  • Andrew James Bleidner
  • Scott Chauvin
  • Sound Department:
  • Richard Kitting
  • Tim Limer
  • Mak Kellerman
  • Shawn Holden
  • Yvette Hill
  • Kyle Arzt
  • Ryan Briley
  • Nicholas Cochran
  • Robert Dehn
  • Mark Fay
  • Grant George
  • Barbara Goodson
  • Mike Herron
  • Travis MacKay
  • Brittany Malooly
  • Derek McGinley
  • Vicki Vandegrift
  • Marc Uddo
  • Chris Terhune
  • Terrence Stone
  • Richard Schexnayder
  • James Parnell
  • Joey Naber
  • Chris Muldoon
  • Michelle Montel
  • James Miller
  • Bob Sterry
  • Adrien Thelin
  • Music Department:
  • Leo Abrahams
  • Laurence Anslow
  • Clint Walsh
  • Alasdair Malloy
  • Chamber Orchestra of London
  • Matt Dunkley
  • Geoff Foster
  • Adam Goldsmith
  • Gareth Griffiths
  • Zigmund Gron
  • Richie Kohan
  • Jill Streater
  • Ross Stanley
  • Jonathan Mayer
  • Kier Lehman
  • Art Department:
  • Brian Chapman
  • Alessandro Chimento
  • Nicholas Burrell
  • Jeptha Britt
  • Chad Braselman
  • Paul Blanchard
  • Scott C. Bivona
  • Chris Beresford
  • Cecile Aymami
  • Ehron Asher
  • Jonathan Aguillon
  • Chad Yates
  • Jason Chaffin
  • Cole Daroff
  • Marc Fekkes
  • Joe Ondrejko
  • Jessica Alejandra Ochoa
  • Robert McEveety
  • Ryan LeBlanc
  • John Lamkin
  • Haley Keim
  • Tom Hrupcho
  • Luke Hammond
  • Sonia L. Garcia
  • Sue Ford
  • Jaime Fernandez
  • King Orba
  • Stephen Preusch
  • Carla Roveto
  • Taylor Dyer Dressler
  • Jennifer Durban
  • Forest Fagan
  • Matt Zaff
  • Darry Young
  • Brigitte Faucheaux
  • Chris M. Wilson
  • Paul Sonski
  • Whit Thorne
  • David Lee Toth
  • Miccah Underwood
  • Mark Wallace
  • empty:
  • Don Lee
  • Sabrina LeBrun
  • Theo Kypri
  • Michael Hilow
  • Mustafa Haidari
  • Mike Gunther
  • Lex D. Geddings
  • Paul Fraser
  • Andrew Emilio DeCesare
  • Hunter Baxley
  • Sli Lewis
  • Chuck Picerni Jr.
  • Brad Royster
  • Kyle Woods
  • Todd Warren
  • Jose Vasquez
  • Joseph Uzzell
  • Matt Thompson
  • John Teal Jr.
  • Mark Semos
  • Alex Schoenauer
  • William Scharpf
  • Met Salih
  • John L. Armijo
  • Special Effects:
  • Joe Pancake
  • Jason White
  • Dimitri Timohovich
  • DJ Silva
  • Sal Rose
  • Elia P. Popov
  • Kurt Nakanishi
  • Ryan D. Compton
  • Stephen Meagher
  • Edward Joubert
  • John C. Carlucci
  • Lou Carlucci
  • Terry Chapman
  • Guy Clayton
  • Tommy Frazier
  • Michelle Green
  • Visual Effects:
  • Aleksandr Gorokhov
  • Ivan Gordin
  • Sean Findley
  • Dmitriy Dubinskiy
  • August Coleman
  • Daniel Apodaca
  • Alexander Kostin
  • Carlos Retana Jr.
  • Jonathan Jelkin
  • Nate Jess
  • Matt Santamaria
  • Igor Pashin
  • Kurt Nakanishi
  • Aleksei Nagibin
  • Sergey Muravev
  • Troy Morgan
  • Larisa Misyukova
  • Phoenix Woung-Bi Lee
  • Jean Paulo Lasmar
  • Stas Lebedev
  • Dennis Sedov
  • Dmitriy Shirokov
  • Alexey Kalinchikov
  • Stanislav Klykov
  • Elena Zemtsova
  • John Yoon
  • Nicolaus Waetjen
  • Thilak
  • Steve HyunSuk Suh
  • Natalia Sorokina
  • Ryan Smith
  • Alexey Smirnov
  • empty:
  • Darrl Robert Jr.
  • Ignacia Soto-Aguilar
  • Steven R. Soussanna
  • Linda Traxler
  • Renee Ramos
  • Robin Mathews
  • Ashley Levy
  • Jason Collins
  • Man Down
  • Rocky Faulkner
  • Dhyana Forte
  • Michelle Garbin
  • Jennifer Hodges
  • Camera Department:
  • Dan Schroer
  • Nathan M. Schindler
  • Robert H. Santoro
  • Blake Santoro
  • Jonathan E. Robinson
  • Richard C. Phelps
  • Seth Orozco
  • Alan Morier
  • Mason McGuire
  • Mike McCullough
  • Michael Martino
  • Gregory W. Smith
  • Stewart Smith
  • Jeremy Wren
  • Steve Wong
  • Adam Viademonte
  • Tedd Underwood
  • Aaron Toups
  • Jeremy Tiffin
  • Jon Tenholder
  • David Taylor
  • Shawn Stone
  • Keegan Stokley
  • Charles Sparks
  • Matt Malbury
  • Madeleine Black
  • Walter Bithell
  • Dylan Buck
  • Robert J. Babin
  • Kevin Coignet
  • Dale Cole
  • Bill Daimant
  • Morgan Davis
  • Don Devine
  • Cook Allender
  • Liz Arnold-Hood
  • Danny Brazen
  • Gus Bechtold
  • Shane Buttle
  • Scott Calcagno
  • Craig Carter
  • Bob Bates
  • Michael Charbonnet
  • Justin Babin
  • Rowland Egerton
  • Corey Erwin
  • Steve Kagan
  • Frankie Jones
  • Franklin Jones II
  • Luciano Flores
  • Willo Jean-Baptiste
  • Jerry M. Jacob
  • Brian Hollars
  • Bryan Freed
  • Franc Gabusi
  • Vic Keatley
  • Michael D. Kennedy
  • Matt Estes
  • Brigitte Faucheaux
  • Mark Fellman
  • Taylor Fenno
  • Oren Jones
  • Storm Flejter
  • Daniel E. Lewis
  • Jim Leidholdt
  • empty:
  • Robert Caballero
  • Carlos Guel
  • Gabriel Gator Guilbeau
  • Mustafa Haidari
  • Marvin Hudgens
  • Nick Jones Jr.
  • Marco Blanco
  • Seth Kenney
  • David Guilbeau
  • Edwin Gomez
  • Daniel Garcia
  • William Galloway
  • Sam Burton
  • Todd Burns
  • Lexxi Broussard
  • Maxine Brooks
  • Jennifer L. Brooks
  • Jason Brisson
  • Alex Boyum
  • Kela Boyd-Grigoryan
  • Giancarlo Caratini
  • Karla Carnewal
  • Clay Chamberlin
  • Stacy Fortenberry
  • Hazen S. Finnerty Jr.
  • Katrina Elder
  • Leon Dvorak
  • Enayat Delawary
  • Joshua Deitell
  • Jeremey Connors
  • Jared Chandler
  • Shawn Austin
  • Mark Semos
  • Maritza Sanchez
  • Sarah A. Semenas
  • Dre Sepulveda
  • Matt S Sewell
  • Jessica Shannon
  • Nathaniel David Shriver
  • John Smart
  • Garin Sparks
  • Grant Stivers
  • Matthew Stratton
  • James Terfone
  • Tiffany L. Thompson
  • Shayne Tingle
  • Drew Yeager
  • Sid Yost
  • Anthony Yuse
  • Peter Zuppardo
  • Shawn Rolph
  • Gwendolyn Rogers
  • Jack Khorram
  • Paris Lay
  • Joshua Lejeune
  • Michael Andrew Mann
  • Saad Mansoor
  • Jean McDowell
  • Mike McKean
  • Luke Melman
  • David Mortimer
  • Cory C. Myler
  • Rebecca Orsak
  • Krystyna Parker
  • Jim Pesoli
  • Jennifer Picard
  • Dana Piland
  • Catherine Pittman
  • Reena Magsarili Raasch
  • Brennan Peters
  • Marcus Austin
  • Chantelle Win
  • Chad Mathis
  • Casting Department:
  • Meagan Lewis
  • Lisa Zagoria
  • Dixie Webster
  • Terrance Stone
  • Kate Evans
  • empty:
  • Marisa Aboitiz
  • Megan Richardson
  • Heidi Bannon
  • Chris Allegro
  • Liz Staub
  • Danielle Marsico
  • Jose Hernandez
  • Ryan Henderson Jr.
  • Andrée Fortier
  • Carol Demarti
  • Charity Crowley
  • Allison Bauserman
  • Steve Bannerman
  • James Brill
  • Andrew J. Wahlquist
  • Fulvio Valsangiacomo
  • Anthony Smedile
  • Borja Ribes Blanquer
  • Mark Todd Osborne
  • Bradley Greer
  • Sam Clement
  • Jessica Clarke
  • Wendy Celeste
  • Leandro Marini
  • Merrik Lavell
  • Susan Bowles
  • Jean-Paul Chreky
  • Thanks:
  • Diane Hendricks
  • Nick Jones Jr.
  • Aaron Peak
  • Stacey Keller
  • Stanley Preschutti
  • Dawn Pembo
  • Stan Preshutti
  • Ted Pushinsky
  • Steven Kerlagon
  • Mark Semos
  • Corissa Stuckey
  • Rene Valuzat
  • David Wang
  • Jimmy Haun
  • Bob Harvey
  • Lorrie Nicholson
  • Welch Lambeth
  • Pete Black
  • Kim Baker
  • Anthony Lopez
  • Todd Burns
  • Vincent Lotito
  • Karma Cloud Montagne
  • Mike Gunther
  • Ben Burton
  • Zak Kilberg
  • Leah Farrell
  • Wendy Greer
  • David Lopez
  • Michael Rodan
  • Billy Mallery
  • David Wittman
  • empty:
  • Paul Blanchard
  • Location Management:
  • Matt McLellan
  • Kenneth Lass Jr.
  • David Israel
  • Dana A. Hanby
  • Brady Flynn
  • Les Arceneaux
  • David Fields
  • empty:
  • Ron Pope
  • Aaron Pigg
  • A. Wade Miller
  • Dennis McCarthy
  • Elie Littauer
  • Jeff Rachal
  • Steven Reeves
  • Jerry Reine
  • Harry Victor Schultz
  • Robert E. Smith
  • James Turner
  • Rene Veluzat
  • Kenneth Vining
  • Reggie Louque
  • Kendall Kelley
  • Ken Kaplan
  • Moore Brian
  • John Burnette
  • Kim Burton
  • Michael C. Castro
  • Donald Dibartolo
  • Chris Dunn
  • Antonio Fletcher
  • Daniel Flynn
  • Todd Flynn
  • Edward Garrett
  • Peter Gondrella
  • Kathleen Hileman
  • Herb Jenssen
  • Al Burton

Man Down is an American war thriller directed by Dito Monteil written by Adam G Simon and produced by Steve McEveety, Dawn Krantz, and Jon Burton under the production companies Mpower Pictures, Krannel Pictures, Binary Light, and The Solution Entertainment Book. The film Stars Shia LaBeouf One of the most famous stars of his time. The wide >> Read More... , Gary Oldman One of the most respected actors in Hollywood. Kno >> Read More... , Jai Courtney Jai Stephen Courtney was born on 15 March 1986. He >> Read More... , Kate Mara Kate Rooney Mara is an American actress. She was b >> Read More... , and Clifton Collins Jr Clifton Collins Jr is also known as Clifton Craig >> Read More... . The cinematography was done by Shelly Johnson, the music was in Clint Mansell’s department, and Jake Pushinsky and Mark Yoshikawa edited the film. The film is distributed by Lionsgate Pictures.

Plot

In dystopian America, former U S Marine Gabriel Drummer (Shia LaBeouf) desperately searches for the whereabouts of his wife and son, while dealing with his trauma accompanied by his best friend and a survivor.

Star performance

Shia LaBeouf gives a fantastic performance as a troubled marine corp. Gary Oldman has again nailed the authoritative senior role. It's a rarity when he delivers a bad performance. The rest of the cast has done an excellent job as well, even though their characters are underwritten.

Analysis

The film has a non-linear screenplay. Gabriel has PTSD, and the makers have tried to build the narrative of the story around that but failed miserably. Shia LaBeouf put forth an honest performance. He embodies the character well and even looks the part but the lack of depth in the story lets his performance and this film down. The heavy editing seems to be replicating the confusion a PTSD patient has, but it doesn't pan out like that. It feels like manipulation rather than being insightful of the condition. The military scenes are so cliche it feels like a kid has written this. Gary Oldman again gives a fantastic performance. All the actors in the film have put forth exceptional performances but the story and the execution let the movie down. Man Down is people trying to handle a delicate subject, but instead of tackling the subject it goes back to the drawing board.

What's there?

  • A fantastic performance by Shia LaBeouf as a marine corp
  • An interesting concept

What's not there?

  • The film lacks depth and is confused
  • The editing would confuse you more than the story
  • Failing to showcase a delicate subject.

Verdict

If you’re a fan of Shia Labeouf only then you can somewhat enjoy this film.


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