A Common Man

I cannot believe that 2 great actors like Ben Kingsley (Ghandi) and Ben Cross agreed to do such an awful movie and then allow it to be publicly released. I can only assume that they are struggling financially and boredom has set in their lives. One on the worst acting and amateurish story line I have ever seen. Please please avoid at all costs. The producers and directors are so unprofessional that they should never be allowed to make films in the future as they are insulting the intelligent minds of this world. Also must've been on a very very low budget. The rest of the cast, well do I need to say what I really think of them?

It's a mix between a Bruce Lee knock off and Chips. Awful, but will make you laugh for about 30 seconds if you can give it that long. I give it a 2 because there is some amusement in the dubbing. Seeing Ben Kingsley at the beginning suggests that there will be some sort of tension, setting up the film for something good. Sadly, it does not happen. I am pretty sure that the police chief was Spocks father in the most recent Star Trek film, seeing him also gave me some hope for the film, again..nope. Ultimately, not sure what the plot twist is. Can't watch the whole thing. Wish I didn't have to write 10 lines to get this review posted as Chips and Bruce Lee knock off really would sum it up for most folks.

This is a good effort. But the Supporting Actors (Not the Main two actors) actually not co-operative with the "Film". And Direction was weak. There is a scene, Questioning a explosive seller in a dark room, that Scene remembering me 1980's Indian films, but worse. If you're comparing this with Hindi(2008) original film, you would say "This film inspire from the 'Hindi one' but this film has poor cinematography". Then the Other-hand whole world suffering from the Terrorism. Suicide bombers are critical among all. Specially, if you have experience that terrorist acts are how cruel, you'll feel to your heart what I mean. We all "Common men" Must fight against Terrorism. I Hope this film would be a courage to all of us.

Ben Kingsley is one of those actors that is always amazing but takes on such a wide variety of strange roles that sometimes he gets thrown into something that he just can't save. At the same time he has delivered so many brilliant performances that those few missteps can be ignored. Fresh of the triumph of his awesome performance in Iron Man 3 comes his latest film A Common Man alongside Ben Cross. Will this be another great performance to add to his impressive resume or be lost in struggling film? A Common Man follows a terrorist who plants several bombs around the city of Colombo, Sri Lanka and threatens to detonate them unless prisoners are released. This is one of those movies that initially looks fairly low budget and could have easily fallen into obscurity if not for the star power of Ben Kingsley. The film opens leaving little mystery to what is happening and what Kingsley's character is up to or so you think. Thanks to some clever writing and another great performance by Kingsley this film takes an interesting and unexpected turn to create a film that is much better than it would have been. On the flip side most of those around the rest of the film deliver OK performances with Ben Cross seemingly just walking through his performance and offering nothing all that much the character or the film. This film plays as more of a thriller as opposed to an action film and leads you down a path that has been touched on numerous times, but quickly makes a U-turn into a completely different direction. This is an intriguing film that manages to create a story that is sure to keep you invested until the very end. As mentioned before while most of the performances do nothing to really suck you in, its Kingsley's performance that carries this movie. This isn't a perfect movie by any means, but does offer some interesting twists and turns that make this film worth checking out.