A separated/divorced (ex-)agent with personal issues, his teenage child, messy interaction of his work and family life - not an unknown topic, isn't it? Even many really famous actors have participated in such movies; now it is the turn of Kevin Costner, whose recent movie acting has been rather modest or even bad, with multiple Razzie Awards. Also in 3 Days to Kill, he gives no catchy or distinct performance, he is rather arid at times, on the other hand, he does not become annoying or ridiculous. Far better performances are given by Hailee Steinfeld as Zoey Renner and Tómas Lemarquis as The Albino.
The script is okay, with clichés and predictable moments, but thanks to Luc Besson, it is mostly catchy to watch, particularly chases and shootings which are much more successful than the romantic parent line in the story. Big proportion of the latter provides several unrealistic scenes which yet get some satisfactory explanation when the events progress. The ending could have been less trivial as well.
All in all, an endurable, above-average entertainment, definitely no flop.
The script is okay, with clichés and predictable moments, but thanks to Luc Besson, it is mostly catchy to watch, particularly chases and shootings which are much more successful than the romantic parent line in the story. Big proportion of the latter provides several unrealistic scenes which yet get some satisfactory explanation when the events progress. The ending could have been less trivial as well.
All in all, an endurable, above-average entertainment, definitely no flop.