‘Keep your friends close and your enemies dead’
Fast Charlie is a 2023 American action comedy thriller film about a crime fixer who has a dead body with no head and needs to be identified.
Directed by Phillip Noyce (Above Suspicion; Salt; The Bone Collector; Dead Calm) from a screenplay written by Richard Wenk based on the 2003 novel Gun Monkeys by Victor Gischler. Produced by Daniel Grodnik, Jeff Holland, Brent C. Johnson, Ryan Donnell Smith and Mitchell Welch.
The movie stars Pierce Brosnan (a former 007 James Bond), Morena Baccarin, James Caan, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Christopher Matthew Cook, David Chattam, Toby Huss, Fredric Lehne, Sharon Gless, Brennan Keel Cook, Susan Gallagher, David Kallaway, Lindsey G. Smith, Stephen Louis Grush and Jared Bankens.
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“Charlie Swift (Pierce Brosnan), aka “Fast Charlie,” is a fixer with a problem: the target he’s whacked is missing his head. And he must prove it’s the intended target to the man who paid for the hit – New Orleans’ most prominent and most ruthless mobster, Beggar Mercado (Gbenga Akinnagbe).
Charlie enlists Marcie Kramer (Morena Baccarin), the victim’s ex-wife and a woman with the backbone and skillset Charlie needs. Dragging Marcie back into a past she was determined to escape sends the two of them on a wild and unpredictable odyssey that’s unexpectedly amusing, action-propelled, and ultimately heartfelt.
Along the way, Charlie and Marcie fight to protect the legacy of Charlie’s best friend and mentor, Stan Mullen (James Caan in his final performance), while bringing down Beggar and his entire operation.”
Reviews:
“Really enjoyed this touching love story with a high body count. The story, adapted from the book by Victor Gischler kept me riveted and the acting is divine. Every actor superbly cast and directed. Pierce Branson is cool and calm amongst the speed and clip that Noyce keeps the plot going at, he has been directing fun, interesting films for many decades and I am glad he is still at it.” 10/10, Ben Sonnils
“A bloody B-film underworld caper that’s skillfully directed by the veteran Australian filmmaker Phillip Noyce and written with some panache by Richard Wenk […] I was taken with this minor gangster film because it does much without doing much.” Grade: B+ Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
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In the US, Fast Charlie will be released by Vertical theatrically in select locations and on VOD on December 8, 2023.
