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Ashby

"Life is about knowing how to take a hit."

When new kid in town Ed Wallis is given an assignment to interview an older person, he turns to his mysterious neighbor, Ashby Holt for help. That new connection leads to unexpected journeys for both of them, as Ashby – who turns out to be a retired CIA assassin – deals with a terminal prognosis, and Ed deals with adjusting to life with his newly single mom and developing relationship with a brainy classmate, Eloise.

Top Cast

  • Mickey Rourke

    Mickey Rourke

    Ashby Holt

  • Nat Wolff

    Nat Wolff

    Ed Wallis

  • Emma Roberts

    Emma Roberts

    Eloise

  • Sarah Silverman

    Sarah Silverman

    June Wallis

  • Adam Aalderks

    Adam Aalderks

    Valchek

  • Seth Dousman

    Seth Dousman

    Garry Smits

  • Kevin Dunn

    Kevin Dunn

    Coach Bruton

  • Zachary Knighton

    Zachary Knighton

    Father Ted

  • Michael Lerner

    Michael Lerner

    Entwhistle

Overview

When new kid in town Ed Wallis is given an assignment to interview an older person, he turns to his mysterious neighbor, Ashby Holt for help. That new connection leads to unexpected journeys for both of them, as Ashby – who turns out to be a retired CIA assassin – deals with a terminal prognosis, and Ed deals with adjusting to life with his newly single mom and developing relationship with a brainy classmate, Eloise.

Rating

6.2 / 10
465 Reviews
1 Popular

1 Reviews

  • Reno
    Reno
    5 Jul 24, 2016

    > People can change, but for some it is too late! It's a wonderful cast and not a bad production either, so I enjoyed the watch, but did not like the film much. The reason is I had seen a few similar flicks which are much better than this in every way. A school kid and his single parents' struggling relationship and their strange neighbour, so it is the concept I'm familiar with, but the story was a bit different. There are a few good scenes in it, but the most of the parts were dominated by the only the nice events like happily ever after kind of stuffs right from the beginning. The title role was played by Mickey Rourke, but it was Nat Wolff's film. The narration should have been much better, I mean it should have had more complicated segments. I even don't know how it got the R rating. The writing and the direction, both should have been a bit bolder. There are some people who liked it a lot and defending it, but I'm neutral. To me it was 50-50, I neither liked nor disliked. But all I wanted was a bit better than this, so I can't judge it for other. I hope you make a right decision on this if you plan to watch it. 5/10

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