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The action movie bastille day, in which idris elba stars as an excia agent trying to thwart a terrorist plot to bomb paris, has finally been pulled. Following the tragic attack on nice that left 84 people dead, the studio behind the idris elbastarring bastille day have pulled the film from cinemas across france. New us trailer for the take with idris elba, formerly. Ads for idris elbas bastille day film come down following france attack the film stars elba as a cia agent trying to prevent an attack in paris on bastille day j. Winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Thriller bastille day stars idris elba as a cia agent trying to thwart a terrorist attack on french soil.
Looks like a solid action film but it also seems to be using a lot of common tropes andor cliches eg. This looks like a great chance for him to have some fun after the intense beasts of. Bastille day film starring idris elba pulled from french. New us trailer for the take with idris elba, formerly bastille day by alex billington october 7, 2016. A young pickpocket and an unruly cia agent team up on an antiterrorist mission in france. Idris elbas bastille day blockbuster suffers further setbacks as it is pulled from french cinemas in light of nice attacks by julia pritchard for mailonline. In recent years, idris elba has been mentioned as a possible candidate to play james bond, but after watching bastille day, i think that the role of jack bauer would suit him better. Idris elba is an english actor, producer, musician and dj, known for playing drug trafficker stringer bell on the hbo series the wire, dci john luther on the bbc one series luther and nelson mandela in the biographical film mandela.
Some of the film is a bit far fetched like protesters breaking down the front door of the french national bank. Idris elba beasts of no nation is a hardasnails cop in this crime drama who recruits a smalltime thief richard madden, game of thrones to help catch a bigger fish. Nice, france the action film bastille day starring idris elba has been withdrawn from french cinemas following the nice truck attack that killed 84 people and wounded over 200. In the trailer for bastille day, game of thrones richard madden plays a pickpocket who was in the wrong place at the wrong time, who has to team up with a. Bastille day official trailer starring idris elba trailers. Bastille day trailer featuring idris elba and richard. Idris elba s bastille day blockbuster suffers further setbacks as it is pulled from french cinemas in light of nice attacks. Bastille day is the common name for the french national day, celebrated on 14 july each year bastille day may also refer to. While costars idris elba and richard maddens characters may not get along at first, it seems the pair got on just fine on the set of their new flick, bastille day. The european action film started life as bastille day.
Bastille day is a 2016 action thriller film directed and cowritten by james watkins. Bastille day might seem like just another totally forgettable actionthriller, except for one thing. Idris elba film bastille day pulled from french cinemas. Idris elba internet movie firearms database guns in. Bastille day 2016 film, a film starring idris elba. After hitting various release snags namely the bastille day attacks in nice, france, the film had a name change, and released to no fanfare in the united states on november 18th. Idris elbas bastille day film ads pulled after attack.
All in all there nothing really special about this film. The film stars idris elba, richard madden, charlotte le bon, eriq ebouaney. Bastille day 2016 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Richard madden plays a hapless pickpocket and elba a macho cia agent in this competent popcornflavoured thriller. Idris elba is a british actor who is well known to television audiences for his roles as dci john luther in the uk television series luther and stringer bell in the hbo series the wire. I did doubt that he could do an american accent but it is not as bad as i thought. Idris elba, richard madden, charlotte le bon, kelly reilly, anatol yusef, james watkins. Idris elba has made an unexpected suggestion for life after coronavirus, raising the possibility of annual pause button on peoples busy lives. Bastille day trailer with idris elba, richard madden.
Idris elba has been cast in bastille day the luther actor will take the lead role in the vendome pictures and anonymous content thriller, reports variety elba will play a us operative who is. Idris elba is flawless in luther as the detective chief inspector with a very dark side, and now the gritty british actor is playing an equally as badass former cia agent in bastille day. The film originally opened in the uk in april earlier this year, and the rest of. Idris elba and richard madden giggle about fart sounds and bollocks duration. Michael mason richard madden is an american pickpocket living in paris who finds himself in the hands of the cia when he steals a bag that contains more than just a wallet. Long walk to freedom, is set to star in bastille day, vendome and anonymous contents terrorist thriller, thr has. Idris elba is reckless and irresponsible in bastille day. Midway through the film, one of the newscasters refers to the bastille day. There is rather a lot of very quick fighting that you loose because it is so quick and does look quite trite. Idris elba is brilliant in this film, a great film with plenty of plot twists along the way. Michael mason madden is an american pickpocket living in paris who finds himself hunted by the cia when he steals a bag that contains more than just a wallet. Bastille day is the common name for the french national day, celebrated on 14 july each year. Idris elbas bastille day film to be pulled from cinemas.