Quartile rating: 6/10 · 1 rating
A dangerous international spy is determined to give up his high stakes life to finally build a closer relationship with his estranged wife and daughter. But first, he must complete one last mission - even if it means juggling the two toughest assignments yet: hunting down the world's most ruthless terrorist and looking after his teenage daughter for the first time in ten years, while his wife is out of town.
3 Days to Kill is a fairly generic spy-action-comedy hybrid that blends the 'one last mission' trope with a family reconnection arc. The Paris setting adds some visual charm and Costner brings a weathered gravitas to the lead role, elevating what is otherwise a formulaic script. The cinematography is competent but unremarkable. The tonal whiplash between action sequences and sitcom-style father-daughter moments feels uneven, and the villain threat never generates real tension. The ending resolves predictably with little earned emotional payoff. Nothing about the film is distinctively novel — it retreads familiar Luc Besson-produced action territory without a singular voice.