Harsh Times

[Brian in Mesa]

Harsh Times

Release Date: November 10, 2006
Studio: MGM, Bauer Martinez Distribution
Director: David Ayer
Screenwriter: David Ayer

Starring: Christian Bale, Freddy Rodriguez, Eva Longoria

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
MPAA Rating: R (for strong violence, language and drug use)
Website: Harsh Times

Plot Summary: From the creator of "Training Day" comes "Harsh Times," a gritty look at friendship, loyalty and ambition set on the extremely rough streets of south central Los Angeles.

Jim Davis (Christian Bale) is an ex-Army Ranger recently discharged from the military, yet still haunted by nightmares of his former occupation. While seeking a position with the LAPD that will allow him to marry his Mexican girlfriend and bring her to the United States, Jim kills time chilling with his best friend, Mike (Freddy Rodriguez).

Mike is feeling the heat from his longtime girlfriend, Sylvia (Eva Longoria): either get a job or get out. But the love of a beautiful woman can't compare to the bonds of friendship, and Jim and Mike are soon cruising the streets of South Central, slipping back into a deceitful life of drugs, violence and petty crime, just like when they were kids.

 

[Louis]

I saw a preview to this just now and thought two things:

1. WTF is Bale doing in this POS movie?

2. Looks like a Training Day wannabe.


#2 was answered reading the above post, #1 is still up in the air.

 

[dreamcastrocks]

I picked this movie late in my draft. Maybe it could get me 30 mil???

 

[schutd]

This has steaming hunk of peanutty turd written all over it, right down to the lame-o title. Harsh man, whoa.

 

[Bada0Bing]

I just watched it. I liked it, but it’s not something I would recommend to most people. If you liked Training Day, you may like this one. I thought Bale’s performance was outstanding and made the movie for me.

 

[Louis]

I just watched this and what a junker it was.

So many miscastings it was crazy. Bale, Rodriquez, and Julius (dad from Everybody Hates Chris) were cast terribly.

Yet somehow I was glued to the movie and watched the whole thing.

Yet all I could think about was the miscastings and Bales' mouth/teeth. It's like he's wearing a plastic mouthpiece over them. Anybody know what's up with that? Or is it just the way his mouth is shaped to erase his accent?

 

[Bada0Bing]

Yet somehow I was glued to the movie and watched the whole thing.

Yet all I could think about was the miscastings and Bales' mouth/teeth. It's like he's wearing a plastic mouthpiece over them. Anybody know what's up with that? Or is it just the way his mouth is shaped to erase his accent?

I was glued to it too. Not because of the miscastings though, I thought Bale was fascinating as the deranged ex-army ranger.

 

[SuperSpck]

Saw it a while ago.

On the fence for how I feel about it.

 

[Shane]

sucked.

 

[nashman]

I agree shane that might be the worst Bale movie I have seen EVER!