It should be obvious to any thinking person that once one enters into the shady business of mercenary killing, no holds will be barred in dealing with you, personally, should anything go awry, and even if it is not your fault. Because, you see, you have agreed to be a tool, a machine, an implement of homicide, and implements of homicide have no rights to life
What I like about 24 Hours to Live is that it hammers this basic truism into the viewer's head to the point that it will hopefully never be forgotten. I knew that there would be some sort of interesting moral dilemma or point here, because Ethan Hawke, as far as I have seen, always selects scripts with a focus on morality. Action aficionados may find all of this philosophizing a distraction from what they really wanted to see: an action flick, but never fear: there is plenty of blood and gore to satisfy even the most sanguinary moviegoer.
Implausibilities abound, but the film succeeds on its own terms.
What I like about 24 Hours to Live is that it hammers this basic truism into the viewer's head to the point that it will hopefully never be forgotten. I knew that there would be some sort of interesting moral dilemma or point here, because Ethan Hawke, as far as I have seen, always selects scripts with a focus on morality. Action aficionados may find all of this philosophizing a distraction from what they really wanted to see: an action flick, but never fear: there is plenty of blood and gore to satisfy even the most sanguinary moviegoer.
Implausibilities abound, but the film succeeds on its own terms.
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