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Haunted by nightmares from his murderous military past, the honourably discharged Jim spends his time between his impoverished fiancee in rural Mexico and cruising the streets of east L.A., knocking back beers and smoking joints with his buddy Mike. Meanwhile, Homeland Security wants to recruit Jim for some special ops in Central America, but first he has to pass a urine test.

Product Identifiers

ProducerAndrea Sperling

EAN5060002835005

eBay Product ID (ePID)59540646

Product Key Features

ActorEmilio Rivera, Christian Bale, Freddy Rodriguez, Eva Longoria, Terry Crews

Film/TV TitleHarsh Times

DirectorDavid Ayer

LanguageEnglish

Run Time110 Mins

Aspect Ratio2.35 Anamorphic Wide Screen

Release Year2007

FormatDVD

FeaturesWidescreen, Making of Featurette\Photo Gallery, Closed Caption

GenreAction & Adventure

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

Certificate15

Hearing ImpairedEnglish

ComposerGraeme Revell

Executive ProducerChristian Bale

Additional InformationHaunted by nightmares from his murderous military past, the honourably discharged Jim (Christian Bale) spends his time between his impoverished fiancee in rural Mexico and cruising the streets of east L.A., knocking back beers and smoking joints with his buddy Mike (Freddy Rodriguez). They also pawn a gun, run into some trouble with a jealous gangster, and fool MikeÆs girlfriend (Eva Longoria) into thinking heÆs actually dropping off resumes instead of getting drunk and high with his buddy. Meanwhile, Homeland Security wants to recruit Jim for some special ops in Central America, but first he has to pass a urine test. This is the directorial debut of David Ayer, who wrote TRAINING DAY, which this film resembles with its smog-saturated cinematography and loving attention to the minutiae of male bonding and æhomey codesÆ in and around L.A.'s inner-city drug culture. One never knows where the story is going, or what's around the next corner in this off-centre yarn, and Ayer captures that uneasy feeling of cruising through a bad part of town in a car with someone who you slowly realise cannot be trusted. Christian Bale delivers, as usual, a towering performance, growing progressively more disturbed as the film goes on; he weeps, roars, struts, shouts, and flips out, maintaining audience sympathy all the while.

ReviewsDaily Mirror - A movie of terrifying power... Astonishing, Heat - A compelling drama for those who like their films twisted, macho and dark, GQ - A tense, violent ride that hits harder than Training Day

Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1

Movie/TV TitleHarsh Times

Director of PhotographySteve Mason

Consumer AdviceContains strong violence, language and drug use