A Common Man (2013)

Directed by

Chandran Rutnam

Genre

action film, psychological thriller

Country

Sri Lanka, United States

Runtime

1h 29m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 91 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An unnamed common man threatens to detonate bombs across the city unless his demands are met. A police negotiator races against time to stop him while trying to uncover his true motive.

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What happens

A Common Man is a 2013 Sri Lankan thriller film directed by Sri Lankan filmmaker Chandran Rutnam, starring Ben Kingsley and Ben Cross. The film is an official remake of the Indian film, A Wednesday! (2008). A Common Man won Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor awards at the Madrid International Film Festival and bronze medal in the Feature Films category at the New York Festivals’ International Television and Film Awards, three of the 119 Gold World Medals, 145 Silver, 104 Bronze, and 327 Finalist Certificates awarded that day. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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