Phillip Noyce is a director who has been at the top of his game for the last forty plus years. His credentials include Clear and Present Danger, The Bone Collector, Salt, The Quiet American, and many, many more. The Australian director now brings his latest film, Fast Charlie, to the UK. Fast Charlie stars Pierce Brosnan, James Caan, and Morena Baccarin, and is adapted from Victor Gischler’s novel, Gun Monkeys.
This wildly fun shoot-em-up Southern noir fires on all cylinders. Charlie Swift (Pierce Brosnan) has worked for Orlando’s longtime mob boss Stan for 20 years as a hitman, but today is the day when everything doesn’t go right for him. After Charlie discovers Stan (James Caan) and his entire crew have been massacred – betrayed by one of their own at the direction of another mob – Charlie sets out on a warpath of vengeance through a spider-web of warring mobs and assassins that could cost him everything. Fast Charlie was adapted by Richard Wenk, best known for The Equalizer and The Expendables, and places Deadpool’s Morena Baccarin into the fray as Marcie, a taxidermist with a connection to the mob who agrees to help Charlie.
Fast Charlie lands on Prime Video from Friday 15th March and is a must-watch for those who enjoy crime action thrillers with a smattering of humour and romance. Ahead of Fast Charlie arriving onto Prime Video, THN were able to speak with Phillip Noyce about his film. Noyce shared how the film went from book to screen, and how it differs from the source. With Noyce having grown up in Australia, conversation also turned to the evolution of the country’s film industry, and the best way to escape a crocodile’s clutches.
Fast Charlie arrives on Prime Video from Friday 15th March via Signature Entertainment.
