One Day as a Lion – Movie Review
ABC Film Challenge – Action – O
Director: John Swab (Little Dixie)
Writer: Scott Caan (Screenplay)
Cast
- Scott Caan (Ocean’s Eleven)
- Frank Grillo (Captain American Winter Soldier)
- Marianne Rendon (In the Dark)
- Taryn Manning (8 Mile)
- George Carroll (The Town)
- Virginia Madsen (Candyman)
- J.K. Simmons (Spider-Man)
Plot: Jackie Powers will stop at nothing to prevent his son from following him into a life of crime. With his mob employer in pursuit, a chance encounter at a roadside diner charts a new path.
Runtime: 1 Hour 27 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: One Day as a Lion starts when Jackie Powers (Caan) agrees to help a local mobster to help fund his son’s criminal defence. However, the case gets out of hand, and he kidnaps a waitress Lola (Rendon). After she hears his story, Lola comes up with an idea to solve both of their problems.
Meanwhile, Dom Lorenzo (Carroll) looks to clean up the mess left by Jackie. However, not everything will be as smooth as he imagined, leading to a series of comedic events.
Verdict on One Day as a Lion
One Day as a Lion is an action comedy following a small-time criminal trying to get money to help get his son out of jail. He ends up kidnapping a waitress and the two start getting closer as the mob boss starts trying to track him down.
This movie takes us into the oddball small-town criminal trying to do the right thing. It has a series of events with an escalating level of humour but never manages to reach the laugh-out-loud level. The movie shows that strangers coming together can achieve the best for people, while crime bosses get what they deserve.
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Final Thoughts – One Day as a Lion is a routine small-town crime comedy.
