One Day as a Lion

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One Day as a Lion

R

2023

1h 27m

Crime

Drama

Comedy

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Jackie Powers (Scott Caan) is a nice guy but a lousy hit man, and when he’s sent to take out a crafty debtor (J.K. Simmons), Jackie only pisses him off. Fleeing the scene, Jackie takes bored waitress Lola as a hostage. When Jackie reveals he needs money to get his son out of jail, Lola cooks up a scheme for them to get cash from her dying mother (Virginia Madsen). Meanwhile, a thug sent to kill him is sleeping with Jackie's ex. Also starring Frank Grillo, this crime-comedy is a witty homage to Tarantino and the Coen brothers.

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Noel Murray

Los Angeles Times

04/11/2023

The movie has the kind of personality and heart too often missing from grimy little crime pictures. It’s endearingly ramshackle.

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Todd Jorgenson

Cinemalogue

05/26/2023

Tying together its subplots in the final act, this mishmash of genre tropes and eccentric characters occasionally sparks to life but overall feels more familiar than fresh.

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Douglas Davidson

Elements of Madness

05/15/2023

3.5/5

... mixes drama and comedy to fascinating effect, crafting a film that evokes the narratives of a classic Elmore Leonard tale with the expected crime tropes, but executes in a way in which it comes off fresh and with plenty of heart.

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Carla Hay

Culture Mix

04/24/2023

One Day as a Lion has the whimper of a weak and rambling vanity project rather than the roar of a great action flick. Scott Caan just wants to show off doing fight scenes in his underwear. J.K. Simmons is slumming it in this garbage film.

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Mark Jackson

Epoch Times

04/21/2023

3.5/5

Scott Caan has definitely earned his place at the table; this is not his father James's showbiz. Now you have to write, produce, and often direct the vehicle that allows you to do some acting. Caan the younger is good at this. Hope to see more soon.

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

04/17/2023

C+

A harmless crime B-film that never roars.

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Darrin S.

@JustD2026 Apr 11

Caan couldn't save this one. Not sure why its classified as a comedy. JK must of done this one for a friend.

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Edward B

@RT43821353 Apr 5

Another liberal trash movie!! The narrative on these liberal movies are all the same and is just mental. Liberal movies are all hate towards white straight men, fat white girls being bullies and black men being the boss of everyone with the fat liberal girls. These movies not only have the same narrative, they also have no ART, CREATIVITY AND STORY LINE. Just watch the first 5 mins of the film and it will show a good example how EVERY MOVIE BETWEEN 2019-2026 IS OPERATED BY DEI. Ugh take your corruption to China, Japan, India, Iran and even isreal to see how they adjust to your evil rules. Netflix, Amazon , paramount and the rest of these new age show/movies will only hold up for so long. When the market crashes then you will create REAL AUTHENTIC VIDEOS till then FU

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Петър Д

@PetarDamyanov Mar 29

I love it and I don't know why some people hate this movie, it's completely perfect!

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jessica t

@RT60790498 12/27/2024

I found this to be thoroughly entertaining. A very different , original feel to this film . Scott Caan was brilliant, this may not be everyone 's cup of tea, but give it a whirl, you may be pleasantly surprised.

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Lloyd S

@Lloyd93 09/06/2024

Awful movie! Terrible plot and acting. Dozed off so many times and didn't want to rewind to watch the part I missed. Wouldn't recommend. And Grillo Is such an awful actor, no wonder he gets roles only from sh*tty movies like this one. He is like Nicolas Cage, he takes everything comes to his hand.

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Glen B

@GlenMovies 09/09/2023

Terrible movie. Trailer looked good but its not. Character falls in love way too quickly and easily, the dialogue is pretty unremarkable and the plot was pretty shallow. It felt like some scenes were trying to be funny but didn't quite pull it off.

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Jackie Powers (Scott Caan) is a nice guy but a lousy hit man, and when he’s sent to take out a crafty debtor (J.K. Simmons), Jackie only pisses him off. Fleeing the scene, Jackie takes bored waitress Lola as a hostage. When Jackie reveals he needs money to get his son out of jail, Lola cooks up a scheme for them to get cash from her dying mother (Virginia Madsen). Meanwhile, a thug sent to kill him is sleeping with Jackie's ex. Also starring Frank Grillo, this crime-comedy is a witty homage to Tarantino and the Coen brothers.

Director: Swab
Producer: Jeremy M. Rosen
Screenwriter: Scott Caan
Distributor: Lionsgate
Production Co: Universal Studios, Three Point Capital, Roxwell Films
Rating: R (Sexual References|Pervasive Language|Some Violence)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 4, 2023, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 7, 2023
Runtime: 1h 27m