The Next Three Days

[andrews]

Life seems perfect for John Brennan until his wife, Lara, is arrested for a gruesome murder she says she didn't commit. Three years into her sentence, John is struggling to hold his family together, raising their son and teaching at college while he pursues every means available to prove her innocence. With the rejection of their final appeal, Lara becomes suicidal and John decides there is only one possible, bearable solution: to break his wife out of prison. Refusing to be deterred by impossible odds or his own inexperience, John devises an elaborate escape plot and plunges into a dangerous and unfamiliar world, ultimately risking everything for the woman he loves.

Genre: Thriller / Drama
UK release date: 07/01/2011
Starring: Russell Crowe, Elizabeth Banks, Liam Neeson
Directed by: Paul Haggis


Trailer: http://www.thenextthreedaysmovie.com/index.html

This trailer looks great - I'm looking forward to this already.

[kevinknapman]

This is yet another remake of a foreign language film which was called Anything For Her (Pour Elle). It came out in 2008. I haven't actually seen the original yet.

[Ms Thrifty]

I saw the original and thought it below par for a French film: quite incredible and melodramatic.

[EthanRunt]

Heard what could be construed as non-embargo breaking good things from people so far.

[Beate]

I have seen Anything for Her and I really liked it.

[tarantinoed]

Yes, Anything For Her is a really good film. It is so gripping I felt like biting the back of the seat in front of me in the cinema. This original French film is definitely worth watching.

[elski]

ooh yeah I remember now liked it so much I watched it a couple of times. Shame they didn't keep the original title, The Next Three Days makes me think of 28 Days Later.

[superhero]

There's a BFI preview screening of this in December, should be good...

[Preston1990]

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Directed by Paul Haggis.
Starring: Russell Crowe, Elizabeth Banks, Liam Neeson, Brian Dennehy, RZA, Moran Atias, Lennie James, Allan Steele, Ty Simpkins, Leslie McCombs, Jason Beghe, Aisha Hinds, Kathy Fitzgerald, Olivia Wilde, Jonathan Tucker, Remy Nozik, Daniel Stern.

Plot:
Life seems perfect for John Brennan until his wife, Lara, is arrested for a gruesome murder she says she didn't commit. Three years into her sentence, John is struggling to hold his family together, raising their son and teaching at college while he pursues every means available to prove her innocence. With the rejection of their final appeal, Lara becomes suicidal and John decides there is only one possible, bearable solution: to break his wife out of prison. Refusing to be deterred by impossible odds or his own inexperience, John devises an elaborate escape plot and plunges into a dangerous and unfamiliar world, ultimately risking everything for the woman he loves.

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[bevvy]

Plot:
Life seems perfect for John Brennan until his wife, Lara, is arrested for a gruesome murder she says she didn't commit. Three years into her sentence, John is struggling to hold his family together, raising their son and teaching at college while he pursues every means available to prove her innocence. With the rejection of their final appeal, Lara becomes suicidal and John decides there is only one possible, bearable solution: to break his wife out of prison. Refusing to be deterred by impossible odds or his own inexperience, John devises an elaborate escape plot and plunges into a dangerous and unfamiliar world, ultimately risking everything for the woman he loves.

IMDB

This is a remake of the French film Pour Elle (Anything For Her) that many of us may have seen at free previews last year.