Review by Bob Ignizio
Sean Penn plays an ex-military
contractor trying to atone for his violent past in THE GUNMAN.
The film begins in 2006 with Jim "Twink" Terrier (Penn)
stationed in the Democratic Republic of Congo where he's assigned to
guard workers for NGOs. One of the workers is an attractive doctor
named Annie (Jasmine Trinca) who winds up involved with Terrier while
his co-worker Felix (Javier Bardem) looks on with a jealousy verging
on outright creepiness.
Terrier
and Felix aren't just bodyguards, though. They do the dirty work for
various corporate interests on the side under the direction of Cox
(Mark Rylance). After one such job, the assassination of the
Congolese mining minister, Terrier is forced to flee the DRC without
even being able to say goodbye to Annie, trusting in Felix to look
after her. Terrier pulls off the hit, but the repercussions for the
country go far beyond the death of one man.
