We Die Young (film)
{{Infobox film
| name = We Die Young
| image =
| caption =
| director = Lior Geller
| screenplay = Lior Geller
| story = Andrew Friedman
| producer = Moshe Diamant
Sagiv Diamant
Gabriel Georgiev
| starring = Jean-Claude Van Damme
David Castañeda
Elijah Rodriguez.
| cinematography = Ivan Vatsov
| editing = Lior Geller
Tal Keller
| music = Erez Koskas
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|2019|03|01|US}}
| runtime = 92 minutes
| country = United States
Bulgaria
| language = English
| budget = $4 million
}}
We Die Young is a 2019 American direct-to-video action film directed by Lior Geller, and starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, David Castañeda, and Elijah Rodriguez.
Summary story
Lucas, a 14-year-old boy inducted into the gang life in Washington, D.C., is determined that his 10-year-old brother will not follow the same path. When an Afghanistan war veteran comes into the neighborhood, an opportunity arises.
Cast
{{castlist|
- Elijah Rodriguez as Lucas
- Jean-Claude Van Damme as Daniel
- David Castañeda as Rincon
- Nicholas Sean Johnny as Miguel
- Charlie MacGechan as Jester
- Joana Metrass as Anna
- Dean John-Wilson as Mousey
- Jim Caesar as Fellx
- Kerry Bennett as Brenda
- Jacob Scipio as Tomas
- Joseph Long as Luis
- Gary Beadle as Winslow
}}
Reception
Common Sense Media rated the film 2 out of 5 stars.{{cite web |last1=Brogan |first1=Danny |title=We Die Young Movie Review |url=https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/we-die-young |website=Common Sense Media |access-date=20 February 2023}}
Simon Abrams of Roger Ebert.com rated it 2 stars, saying "We Die Young follows a poorly defined audience surrogate, one who does what he's told without ever really standing apart from his guardians."{{cite web |last1=Abrams |first1=Simon |title=We Die Young |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/we-die-young-2019 |website=Roger Ebert |access-date=20 February 2023}}
James Lindorf of Red Carpet Crash praised the direction and the performance of lead actor Jean-Claude Van Damme.{{Cite web |last=RedCarpetCrash |date=2019-03-02 |title=Movie Review: 'We Die Young' |url=http://redcarpetcrash.com/movie-review-we-die-young/ |access-date=2019-10-05 |website=RedCarpetCrash.com |language=en-US}}
John Delia of Aced Magazine gave the film 4 out of 5 stars calling the film “Shocking, violent and emotional…” stating of director Lior Geller's work, “Geller… sets up the audience for a front row seat on a Godfather resembling movie.”{{Cite web |date=2019-02-28 |title="We Die Young" Gang Related |url=https://acedmagazine.com/we-die-young-gang-related/ |access-date=2019-10-05 |website=ACED Magazine |language=en-US}} "
References
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External links
- {{imdb title|7903530}}
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Category:Films about deaf people
Category:American action thriller films