Harsh Times
2005 · Movie · R · 116 min · ★ 6.4 · 52% critics
An ex-soldier tries to land a law-enforcement job and build a stable future, but keeps getting pulled back into petty crime and reckless thrills. As pressure mounts from relationships and money problems, a close friendship is tested by escalating choices and a growing sense that things are headed somewhere dangerous.
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Details
- Years
- 2005
- Release date
- 2005-09-11
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 52/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 (780 votes)
About
If you enjoy gritty, high-adrenaline buddy crime dramas with volatile behavior, dark humor, and a sense of looming consequences, this may click—especially if you liked End of Watch or Dead Presidents; Not for you if you want likable leads or a calm, uplifting story.
Pros: tense, unpredictable energy; strong lead performance; gritty LA realism | Cons: unlikeable characters; meandering middle stretch; heavy profanity, violence
Themes
- prostitute
- post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)
- drug use
- friends
- los angeles, california
- theft
- drinking
- unemployment
- ex soldier
- lapd
- vinegar
Cast & crew
Christian Bale
as Jim Luther Davis
Freddy Rodríguez
as Mike Alonzo
Eva Longoria
as Sylvia
Chaka Forman
as Toussant
Tammy Trull
as Marta
J.K. Simmons
as Agent Richards
Michael Monks
as Agent Hollenbeck
Samantha Esteban
as Letty
Tania Verafield
as Patty
Noel Gugliemi
as Flaco
Directed by David Ayer