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Harsh Times Reviews

2006

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Haunted by nightmares from his murderous military past, the honourably discharged Jim (Christian Bale) spends his time between his impoverished fiancee in rural Mexico and cruising the streets of east L.A., knocking back beers and smoking joints with his buddy Mike (Freddy Rodriguez). They also pawn a gun, run into some trouble .. Read more

Starring	Christian Bale, Freddy Rodríguez, Eva Longoria, Adriana Millan
Director	David Ayer
Genres	Action/Adventure, Drama

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- The directorial debut of âTraining Dayâ screenwriter David Ayer, this rage-fuelled powderkeg features yet another... read more on Time Out
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- - Mark Salisbury
  - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:20
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- - 50
  - 4
  Wish I could give it four and a half!
  
  Harsh Times is an excellent film. I went to see it mainly on the promise of Christian Bale and Freddy Rodriguez as plot information has been rather vague. ... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Faye Walters
  - Worcester
  - 24 Aug 2006 at 08:27
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- - 0
  - 1
  couldnt see it through
  
  Im a massive Christian Bale fan. His acting in this movie
  
  is great but unfortunately without him this would never have been released. Very slow, poor... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - carlsob
  - 82 reviews
  - Kidderminster
  - 18 Nov 2011 at 21:33
- - 0
  - 0
  You have to wade through rubbish to get the goods
  
  This started extremely badly.It was under threat of me turning it off for the first 40mins. Bale's portrayal of an American 'homey' was painfully ... read more »
  
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- 1047735
- - Angel26
  - 43 reviews
  - Chorley
  - 04 Oct 2011 at 18:44
- - 0
  - 0
  Makes You Stop Caring
  
  Problem with this film:
  
  Bale's character is just incredibly unlikeable (so obnoxious it makes you cringe). Actually scratch that, in fact, none ... read more »
  
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- - WongOrWhite
  - 66 reviews
  - 27 Jul 2011 at 00:35
- - 0
  - 0
  Better than expected
  
  The marketing for this film was atrocious. I was expecting some ridiculous, gangster nonsense and was pleasantly surprised to find a very well acted, touching ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 23 Apr 2011 at 01:24
- - 0
  - 5
  5 minutes was all I could take
  
  For the love of god...I know technically I cannot really give a good judgement on this movie having only seen the first 5 minutes. However, this is most unusual... read more »
  
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  - worcester
  - 23 Mar 2011 at 11:40
- - 0
  - 0
  Harsh times
  
  This film was ok kept you watching but was quite a strange film. I knew something bad was going to happen and thats what kept us watching it was just an ok film... read more »
  
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- - TIDY
  - 33 reviews
  - Midhurst
  - 17 Nov 2010 at 18:35
- - 1
  - 2
  A rambling idea
  
  Wgat happened to this good idea? The story rambled on to build up the mental breakdown being depicted but came to a hurried ending. Did they run out of time? A ... read more »
  
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  - Somerset
  - 23 Jul 2010 at 16:18
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  Harsh Times
  
  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS | Show review anywayHide
  
  Christian Bale 'stars' in this misogynistic tripe about a guy who was in the ? US Marines yet choses to spend his time with low lifes smoking weed ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Bristol
  - 30 Sep 2009 at 21:53
- - 3
  - 1
  Dull and uninspired
  
  Totally obnoxious lead characters annoy the hell out of you within the first five minutes and the whole self indulgent homey/gangsta rubbish continues until the... read more »
  
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- - Whipster
  - 621 reviews
  - Shropshire
  - 02 Sep 2009 at 13:31
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  - 1
  One for Bale fans...
  
  I found Harsh Times to be a bit of a slow burner, although I was immediately engaged by Christian Bale's portrayal of a troubled idiotic/psychotic ex-... read more »
  
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- - tbyrne
  - 2 reviews
  - London
  - 28 Aug 2009 at 20:07
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- - 50
  - 4
  Wish I could give it four and a half!
  
  Harsh Times is an excellent film. I went to see it mainly on the promise of Christian Bale and Freddy Rodriguez as plot information has been rather vague. ... read more »
  
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- 278763
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Faye Walters
  - Worcester
  - 24 Aug 2006 at 08:27
- - 19
  - 1
  Brutal Cinema
  
  This film has a fair bit in common with Training Day, (written by the writer director of this) in that it pairs a seemingly lost cause 'bad man' with a ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Bristol, UK
  - 13 Mar 2007 at 00:07
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  - 7
  Average at best. 6/10
  
  Harsh Times is not at all a bad movie but in no way did this hit the spot as perhaps we had expected. The above preview pretty much tells you the entire story ... read more »
  
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- - Graham
  - UK
  - 21 Oct 2007 at 20:42
- - 13
  - 2
  i prefered this to training day
  
  This is not an action movie. It is much more real than that. However the story follows a couple of days in the life of two friends which gets more dramatic as ... read more »
  
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- - sidhartha
  - 15 reviews
  - London
  - 17 May 2007 at 17:56
- - 10
  - 2
  Harsh Times
  
  Dreadful!
  
  Boring!
  
  un-engrossing.
  
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- 485971
- - a customer
  - manchester
  - 18 Oct 2007 at 19:14
- - 9
  - 1
  worth a watch, great film, kept mre entertained and my huband
  
  worth a watch, great film, kept mre entertained and my huband
  
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- - a customer
  - Dartford
  - 29 Nov 2007 at 12:22
- - 8
  - 0
  Hrash times indeed
  
  I'll start by saying that I am a big Christian Bale fan, an absolutely fantastic and versatile actor. This film is no exception, his performance is ... read more »
  
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- - breatheasier
  - 27 reviews
  - BRIGHTON
  - 17 Aug 2007 at 00:17
- - 8
  - 0
  yo dude
  
  got bored with this one even though we like christian bale.........
  
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- - a customer
  - @@@@@@@
  - 31 Dec 2007 at 16:32
- - 7
  - 0
  Harsh Times Indeed!
  
  This film got a lot of good reviews. Why and from who, I do not know.
  
  Chirstian Bale was excellent in it, but the story was just boring, with a ... read more »
  
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- 460127
- - Wesley Winegarden
  - Hornchurch, England
  - 20 Jul 2007 at 23:41
- - 7
  - 0
  CRAP
  
  What a waste of time this movie is.
  
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- - a customer
  - Essex, England
  - 03 Oct 2007 at 13:15

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  Haunted by nightmares from his murderous military past, the honourably discharged Jim (Christian Bale) spends his time between his impoverished fiancee in rural Mexico and cruising the streets of east L.A., knocking back beers and smoking joints with his buddy Mike (Freddy Rodriguez). They also ...