Welcome to the Punch

2013
R
1h 39m

IMDb RATING

6.1/10

35K

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James McAvoy, David Morrissey, and Mark Strong in Welcome to the Punch (2013)

When a notorious criminal is forced to return to London, it gives a detective one last chance to take down the man he's always been after.

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Action Crime Thriller

When a notorious criminal is forced to return to London, it gives a detective one last chance to take down the man he's always been after.When a notorious criminal is forced to return to London, it gives a detective one last chance to take down the man he's always been after.When a notorious criminal is forced to return to London, it gives a detective one last chance to take down the man he's always been after.

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IMDb RATING

6.1/10

35K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

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Welcome to the Punch: Geiger After Press Conference (UK)

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Welcome to the Punch: Geiger After Press Conference (UK)

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Welcome to the Punch: Let off some Fireworks (UK)

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Welcome to the Punch: Sternwood Escapes Lodge (UK)

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Welcome to the Punch: Heist & Chase (UK)

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Welcome to the Punch: Max and Sarah almost Kiss (UK)

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Trivia
Mark Strong and Daniel Mayes both appeared in the TV series "Temple".

Goofs
In the slow motion shoot-out in Iris Warn's house, only the cartridge case should be ejected after the bullet is fired down the barrel. The ejects can plainly be seen to still have the bullets attached.

Quotes
Thomas Geiger: Do you want to know the real reason they first asked you to head up the Sternwood case?
Max Lewinsky: Not fucking really. Uh, my good looks? My charm?
Thomas Geiger: We hadn't been able to get anywhere near Sternwood for years. Our incompetence could be passed off as your inexperience.

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7/10

Much sophisticated action - perhaps too much...

The plot has several twists and turns, and thriller elements are catchy to follow - but it seems, however, that the screenwriter was very eager to add sophistication and all this resulted in a series of unlikely and strained scenes. Heists are seldom carried out with stylish clothes and technology in-sync, and ambitious corruption is not a sign of the UK police force - to name a few odd things... The ending scenes and the very end are scheming as well.

The male cast is strong and even, particularly James McAvoy as Max Lewinsky, Mark Strong as Jacob Sternwood and Peter Mullan as Roy Edwards. Female characters tend to be sketchy and were uninviting to me.

Although no Boyle or Ritchie, Welcome to the Punch is still more than a B-film. Violence is not playful, crime is gloomy and good persons tend to die as well...