Riskily released as counter-programming to “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” 2010’s “The Next Three Days” turned out to be Russell Crowe's lowest-grossing action film ever. Although no hidden gem, Crowe certainly could’ve done much worse than filling Mel Gibson’s family-man-of-action shoes. And writer-director Paul Haggis (“Crash”) thankfully shelves his sociology-degree sermonizing for this pure-pulp prison-break thriller, adapted from a French film called “Anything for Her.”
The Next Three Days
The Next Three Days
The Next Three Days
Riskily released as counter-programming to “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” 2010’s “The Next Three Days” turned out to be Russell Crowe's lowest-grossing action film ever. Although no hidden gem, Crowe certainly could’ve done much worse than filling Mel Gibson’s family-man-of-action shoes. And writer-director Paul Haggis (“Crash”) thankfully shelves his sociology-degree sermonizing for this pure-pulp prison-break thriller, adapted from a French film called “Anything for Her.”