Synopsis
When a U.S. Marine returns home from Afghanistan, he finds that the place he once called home is no better than the battlefields he fought on overseas. Accompanied by his best friend, he searches desperately for the whereabouts of his estranged son and wife. In their search, the two intercept a man carrying vital information about his family.
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Cast
- Shia LaBeoufGabriel Drummer
- Jai CourtneyDevin Roberts
- Gary OldmanCaptain Peyton
- Kate MaraNatalie Drummer
- Tory KittlesSergeant Miller
- Clifton Collins Jr.Charles
- Charlie ShotwellJohnathan Drummer
- Jose Pablo CantilloTaylor
- Justin SmithStanton
- Paul SadoSpori
Recommendations
- 50
Chicago Tribune
LaBeouf's quivering instability creates the impression that his performance is constantly buffering on us. He's never dull — he is, in fact, a compelling actor in any circumstance — but the material ends up cheapening the experiences of so many real-life veterans, which surely was not the filmmakers' intention. - 40
Austin Chronicle
Forgotten or subject to overkill as they are here, veterans still get the shaft. - 40
Arizona Republic
I can give the filmmakers — director Dito Montiel and screenwriter Adam G. Simon — the benefit of the doubt on good intentions, but their approach doesn’t tug at the heartstrings so much as it pistol-whips the audience with its grandiose and (ineptly) manipulative storytelling. - 38
Slant Magazine
Dito Montiel's silly plot machinations waste a solid performance from Shia LaBeouf. - 33
The A.V. Club
The low-wattage, high-concept psychological drama Man Down is too misbegotten to be rescued by Shia LaBeouf’s Method lead performance; in fact, the most interesting thing about it is his masochistic commitment to the film. - 33
IndieWire
If [LaBeouf's] ultimately powerless to make this film worth watching, his performance is a strong reminder that his work should never be taken for granted. - 25
The Seattle Times
Offering only an atmosphere of deepening gloom and a premise of utter hopelessness, Man Down is like movie antimatter: It repels interest. - 25
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The best that can be said for this film is that it’s short.
