Harsh times movie 2005

Display as images display as list make and model make and year year category importancerole date added new ones first episode appearance ep. An unstable gulf war veteran christian bale with a savior complex receives a shocking wakeup call upon returning stateside and accepting a position with the department of homeland security. Harsh times is a compelling, often visceral, and even heartbreaking drama about inner city crime and a former military soldier struggling with ptsd featuring a terrific central performance from christian bale. Many people have been affected by ptsd either directly or indirectly so its understandable if someone doesnt want to see this movie or praise it. Harsh times looks predictably harsh this is a highly stylized, visually gimmicky picture, with a transfer to match. Jims money is running dry, and he is looking for a job. Second, bales ghetto wannabe acting was ridiculous and notbelievable, not to mention his spanish was terrible. Harsh times is an hourbyhour diary of two crazy, unreliable, irresponsible dudes trying to find a way to fit into the same society they hate, facing one hurdle after another until they appear to. The script is semiautobiographical and is based on his own experiences. Harsh times movie 2005 christian bale, freddy rodriguez, eva longoria. Despite a dedicated performance by christian bale, harsh times suffers from a heavyhanded and overly bleak plot.

It stars christian bale, freddy rodriguez, eva longoria, chaka forman, tammy trull, j. Find movie and film cast and crew information for harsh times 2005 david ayer on allmovie. Christian bale shows his range like crazy and there is an all star cast for reasons beyond my knowledge. Jim davis christian bale is an exarmy ranger recently discharged from the military, yet still haunted by nightmares of his former occupation. Harsh times internet movie firearms database guns in. Harsh times is a film that shows the dark side of posttraumatic stress disorder, which is probably why its judged so harshly. He wrote this script shortly after he wrote the script for training day 2001, which was completed a year earlier.

Find out where harsh times 2005 is streaming, if harsh times 2005 is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. Synopsis after returning home from the gulf war, army ranger jim davis christian bale is having a hard time adjusting to civilian life. Harsh times trailer directed by david ayer and starring christian bale, freddy rodriguez, chaka forman, j. Junie morrison as walter morrison, norman napier as norman napier, marvin pierce as marvin r. When the plan doesnt work out the way he hoped, he finds that circumstances. I mean its a movie about mental health before it was a trend. The plot was one of the most dull plots to have ever existed.

Met christian bale, freddy rodriguez en eva longoria parker. Rent harsh times 2005 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Breed as mc breed courtesy of warlock records, inc. I was excited to watch harsh times cause 1 they had christian bale 2 gritty crime drama wow this movie was crap.

Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. Harsh times 2005 christian bale and freddy rodriguez best scene. Release dates, september 11, 2005 toronto international film festival november 10, 2006 united states running time, 116 minutes. Christian bale always been my fav, any movie hes in i can watch, but this. Christian bale, freddy rodriguez, eva longoria, tammy trull en j.

Harsh times, movie, 2005 internet movie cars database. Jim davis is an exarmy ranger who finds himself slipping back into his old life of petty crime after a job offer from the lapd evaporates. Harsh times is a 2005 crime film that marked the feature film directorial debut of david ayer the writer of training day. All images and subtitles are ed to their respectful owners unless stated otherwise. Pierce, clarence satchell, roger troutman, and gregory a. Action crime drama directed by, david ayer produced by. The film stars christian bale and freddy rodriguez, and was written and. Harsh times movie 2005 christian bale, freddy rodriguez, eva. I dont know why i wanted to see this, the banter between the. Music is by graeme revell and cinematography by steve mason. As cool as he is, this tends to spoil the movie and any suspense of disbelief. Harsh times 2005 where to stream and watch decider. Harsh times 2005 david ayer cast and crew allmovie.

Ive seen a lot of christian bale movies, and even so, i forgot that it was christian bale. Harsh times 2005 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Find similar and related movies for harsh times 2005 david ayer on allmovie. Ayer says that the films characters are largely based on the people he knew when he lived in south central. From the creator of training day comes harsh times, a hyperrealistic story of friendship, loyalty and ambition set on.

According to david ayer, the script for harsh times 2005 was written in 1996. First of all, i cant believe that people compare this movie with training day and taxi driver. Harsh times 2005, christian bale best acting like and subscribe. In harsh times, christian bale gives a spectacular technical.

Rent harsh times 2005 starring christian bale and freddy rodriguez on dvd and bluray. Harsh times year 2005 genre crime action drama thriller type movies idmb rating 6. The film stars christian bale and freddy rodriguez. The film stars christian bale and freddy rodriguez, and was written and directed by david ayer, who wrote the script for the academy awardwinning 2001 film training day. Harsh times yes it was quite harsh to see this movie. His best friend is pressured by his girlfriend sylvia to find a job, but jim is more interested in hanging out and making cash from small heists, while trying to get a law enforcement job so he can marry his mexican girlfriend. Jim is suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder and having flashbacks and nightmares of the killing he did during the war.