We Die Young is a 2019 American direct-to-video action film directed by Lior Geller, and starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, David Castañeda, and Elijah Rodriguez.
| We Die Young | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Lior Geller |
| Screenplay by | Lior Geller |
| Story by | Andrew Friedman |
| Produced by | Moshe Diamant Sagiv Diamant Gabriel Georgiev |
| Starring | Jean-Claude Van Damme David Castañeda Elijah Rodriguez. |
| Cinematography | Ivan Vatsov |
| Edited by | Lior Geller Tal Keller |
| Music by | Erez Koskas |
Release date |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Countries | United States Bulgaria |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $4 million |
Summary story
editLucas, a 14-year-old boy inducted into the gang life in Washington, D.C., is determined that his 10-year-old brother will not follow the same path. When an Afghanistan war veteran comes into the neighborhood, an opportunity arises.
Cast
edit- Elijah Rodriguez as Lucas
- Jean-Claude Van Damme as Daniel
- David Castañeda as Rincon
- Nicholas Sean Johnny as Miguel
- Charlie MacGechan as Jester
- Joana Metrass as Anna
- Dean John-Wilson as Mousey
- Jim Caesar as Fellx
- Kerry Bennett as Brenda
- Jacob Scipio as Tomas
- Joseph Long as Luis
- Gary Beadle as Winslow
Reception
editCommon Sense Media rated the film 2 out of 5 stars.[1]
Simon Abrams of Roger Ebert.com rated it 2 stars, saying "We Die Young follows a poorly defined audience surrogate, one who does what he's told without ever really standing apart from his guardians."[2]
James Lindorf of Red Carpet Crash praised the direction and the performance of lead actor Jean-Claude Van Damme.[3]
John Delia of Aced Magazine gave the film 4 out of 5 stars calling the film “Shocking, violent and emotional…” stating of director Lior Geller's work, “Geller… sets up the audience for a front row seat on a Godfather resembling movie.”[4] "
References
edit- ^ Brogan, Danny. "We Die Young Movie Review". Common Sense Media. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
- ^ Abrams, Simon. "We Die Young". Roger Ebert. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
- ^ RedCarpetCrash (2019-03-02). "Movie Review: 'We Die Young'". RedCarpetCrash.com. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
- ^ ""We Die Young" Gang Related". ACED Magazine. 2019-02-28. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
External links
edit- We Die Young at IMDb
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