The Gunman (2015 film)

The Gunman
The Gunman
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Pierre Morel
Screenplay by	Don Macpherson; Pete Travis; Sean Penn;
Based on	The Prone Gunman; by Jean-Patrick Manchette
Produced by	Adrian Guerra; Sean Penn; Peter McAleese; Andrew Rona; Joel Silver;
Starring	Sean Penn; Idris Elba; Ray Winstone; Mark Rylance; Jasmine Trinca; Peter Franzén; Javier Bardem;
Cinematography	Flavio Labiano
Edited by	Frédéric Thoraval
Music by	Marco Beltrami
Production; companies	StudioCanal; Anton Capital Entertainment; Canal+; Nostromo Pictures; Silver Pictures; TF1 Films Production;
Distributed by	Open Road Films (United States); StudioCanal (United Kingdom and France); DeAPlaneta (Spain)
Release dates	February 16, 2015 (London); March 20, 2015 (United States); June 24, 2015 (France);
Running time	115 minutes
Countries	United States; United Kingdom; Spain; France;
Language	English
Budget	$40 million
Box office	$24.2 million

The Gunman is a 2015 action thriller film directed by Pierre Morel, based on the novel The Prone Gunman by Jean-Patrick Manchette. Sean Penn stars as a mercenary who assassinates the mining minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2006 on orders from multinational mining companies. Eight years after Terrier has retired from mercenary work, he and the people close to him become the targets of hit squads sent by a powerful multinational security firm, and he must fight to stay alive. The cast includes Javier Bardem, Idris Elba, Mark Rylance, Jasmine Trinca and Ray Winstone.

The Gunman was released on March 20, 2015, by Open Road Films. It was a box office bomb, grossing $24 million against a $40 million budget and receiving a poor critical reception.