UNLEASHED

Year: 2005
USA: Focus Features
UK: UIP (UK)
Cast: Jet Li, Morgan Freeman, Bob Hoskins, Kerry Condon, Vincent Regan, Dylan Brown, Tamer Hassan, Michael Jenn, Phyllida Law, Carole Ann Wilson, Michael Ian Lambert, Jaclyn Lee, Puthirith Chou, Tony Theng, Owen Lay, Franck Xie Cheng, Georgina Chapman, Danielle Louise Harley, Andy Beckwith, Michael Webber, Jeff Rudom, Laurence Ashley Taboulet, Alex Lawson, Stuart Lawson, Audifax Kinga, Eric Mondoloni, Vanessa Mateo, Alain Figlarz, Maurice Chan, Gregory Feurte, Amadeo Cazzello, Emmanuel Lanzi, Afif Ben Badra, Cyrille Hertel, Santi Sudaros, Scott Adkins, Valerie Henin, Seydina Balde, Christian Bergner, Patrick Medioni, Jean-François Lenogue, Malki Attar, Serge Beuchat, Christophe Weyer, Vincent Haquin, Tarik Zitouni, Joseph Beddelem, Frederic Dessains, Carlos Bonelli, Michel Bouis, William Cagnard, Thierry Saelens, Ksenia Zarouba, Pascaline Girardot, Alain Barbier, Alain Grellier, Nic Stevens, Gregory Loffredo, Mouloud Ikhaddalene, Marc Chung, Oumar Diaoure, Eric Etje, Sylvain Gabet, Pierre Rousselle, Marc Hoang, Karim Hocini, Loïc Molla, Louis Marie Nyee, Patrick Oliver, Sebastien Soudais, Patrick Tang Mickaël Troude, Patrick Vo, Frederic Alhinho, Gabriel Chatelain Tarick Hadouch, Scott Rider (Lionel Bouvard), Pascal Lopez, Pascal Lavanchy, Quentin Pierre, Vincent Tulli, Eudes Clara Creantor, Christelle Senechal, Isabelle Didier, Gwenael Mairey, Ariadna Cascaval, Ludmila Henry, Rebecca Hazan, Hyggins Sansa, Christian Gazio, Mathieu Albertini, Georges Benoit, Osana Ekue, Xavier Bussy, Miguel Cueva, Sacha Gaubert, Kathy Farkas, Friedrich Hartwig, Stephane Gluck, Victor Izquierdo, Ygor Jolly-Erard, Sety Diaby, Gilles Louzon, Kamel Tazit, Georges Bouchelagem, Tyana Raboana, Jean Atonga, Jamal Bellyazid, Serge Gnaly, Fred Zanolino, Michel Flasch, Iouri Zagorski, Olivier Schneider, David Forax, Rachdi Zgarem, Yves Spoto, Carolina Schmollgruber, Jean Marc Bellu
Director: Louis Leterrier
Country: USA
USA & UK: 103 mins
USA Rated: R for strong violent content, language and some sexuality/nudity
UK Certificate: 18 contains strong violence
USA Release Date: 13 May 2005
UK Release Date: 19 August 2005


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Synopsis

Unleashed, an action drama written and produced by Luc Besson (LA FEMME NIKITA, THE PROFESSIONAL), and directed by Louis Leterrier (THE TRANSPORTER), headlines international martial arts superstar Jet Li (HERO), who is joined in the film by Academy Award winner Morgan Freeman (MILLION DOLLAR BABY), Bob Hoskins (THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY), and Kerry Condon (NED KELLY).

On and beneath the meanest streets of Glasgow, fiery gangster Bart (Bob Hoskins) is merciless with debtors, would-be rivals, and anyone else to whom he takes even a passing dislike. How does Bart maintain his chokehold? Through his unwitting enforcer Danny (Jet Li), who he has "raised" since boyhood. Danny has been kept as a near-prisoner by his "Uncle" Bart; trained to attack and, if necessary, kill. Danny knows little of life, except the brutal existence that Bart has so crudely and cruelly fashioned for him.

But when Danny has a chance encounter with soft-spoken blind piano tuner Sam (Morgan Freeman), he senses true kindness and compassion for the first time and experiences the transforming power of music. When a sudden gangland coup separates Danny from Bart and his mob, Danny is at last away from the underworld. He takes refuge with Sam and his spunky teenaged stepdaughter Victoria (Kerry Condon). Sam and Victoria open their home and hearts to Danny, who begins to envision a new future for himself. However, the mob will not give up its prize pupil so easily, and Danny must soon fight again, and fight back, to protect his new family and bury his troubled past.