Unleashed

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  • Opened May 13, 2005 
  • 1 hr 43 min
  • | mature theme, disturbing content, coarse language and nudity
  • Parents: Common Sense Media says not for kids. More on child suitability

  • Crime Boss Bart (Bob Hoskins) raises orphan Danny (Jet Li) with no knowledge of anything other than how to fight, using him as an enforcer when debts must be collected. Planning to enter Danny into a fight tournament and retire with the prize money, Bart disappears after a deadly drive-by shooting. Danny flees and takes shelter with kindly piano tuner Sam (Morgan Freeman) . Away from Bart's abusive control, Danny learns how to live like a human and begins investigating his past. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Jet Li, Morgan Freeman, Bob Hoskins, Kerry Condon
  • Director: Louis Leterrier
  • Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama

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Entertainment Weekly
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Bounding out of the gate like a greyhound, Unleashed needs only its first 30 seconds or so to elevate itself well above the average action potboiler. Read full review

75
San Francisco Chronicle
| Peter Hartlaub

When Danny takes off his collar for the last time, Besson's plan becomes clear: You may have paid for an hour and a half of escapist entertainment, but he just provided something much better. Read full review

75
Chicago Sun-Times
| Roger Ebert

Ingenious in its construction. Read full review

70
The Hollywood Reporter
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An action picture with the emotional simplicity of a bedtime story, painted in the grimy colors of the London underworld. Read full review

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