1. Plot

2. Cast

3. Production

4. Release

5. Reception

6. References

7. External links

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Final Score is a 2018 British-American action thriller film directed by Scott Mann and written by David T. Lynch and Keith Lynch, starring Dave Bautista (who previously worked with Mann in Heist), Ray Stevenson and Pierce Brosnan.

Plot

Brothers Dimitri and Arkady Belav have led the revolution in a Russian state of Sakovya for independence. The revolution ultimately leads to the disturbance until Dimitri was killed in an airstrike and Arkady was subsequently captured, ending the revolution. For several years after, Arkady and his men believe that Dimitri had faked his death and they tortured a man for his whereabouts, where he was hiding in London.

Former US military Michael Knox visits his late brother's house, in London, to watch football with his niece, Danni. He had previously served in Afghanistan in a team alongside his brother, and was the only survivor of their last mission. Danni is grounded by her mother for delinquent behavior, but Knox manages to fix the situation and her mother gives her consent for Michael to take Danni to the football game.

Arriving at the West Ham stadium, Danni expresses her frustration about her dad's death. Meanwhile, Arkady and his mercenaries infiltrate the stadium, take over the control room and initiate a lockdown of the entire stadium. Taking Superintendent Steve Thompson hostage, Arkady threatens Thompson's family into cooperating with his team. Arkady then has his men blow up all transmission towers across the city so that there is no communication outside the stadium. Discovering Danni is missing from her seat; Knox seeks help with the stadium guard Faisal Khan, an Iraqi immigrant, who reluctantly assists Knox to the control room. On their way, Knox kills a mercenary named Andrei, after he discovered his duplicity. Knox finds C-4 explosives in Andrei's jacket. He then uses the only-working walkie-talkie to call the police about the situation by recalibrating its frequency but Chief Commander Daniel Steed does not believe this and hangs up. After he kills two other men, Vlad and Anton, Knox brings the latter's body and throws him out, summoning the police.

Seeing this, Arkady and the other mercenaries infiltrate the news studio and kill the crew. Arkady has a reporter read the statement at gunpoint, demanding Dimitri's location or they will blow up the stadium. As he finishes the statement, Arkady kills a reporter and two others on live television. Steed is being approached by Agent Cho, who explains that Dimitri has undergone plastic surgery and he was given an amnesty. They realize that handing Dimitri to Arkady will led the entire region into chaos. Arkady's team learns the background of Knox and Danni, and they decide to take Danni hostage. Hearing over the speaker of summoning Danni, Knox manages to rescue her. Because Thompson's team failed to capture Danni, Arkady executes him. Knox, Faisal, and Danni ultimately discover a bomb planted below the control room and Knox alerts Steed about it. Knox decides to take Dimitri by himself and extract him, hoping to stop the situation. On his way, Knox manages to escape from Tatiana and other men and he is able to take Dimitri. Tatiana then took Danni hostage and knocks Faisal unconscious. Knox eliminates other men before they get to the extraction point, but upon learning Danni is taken, Cho – who is under orders to ensure Dmitri stays dead – has his men shoot Knox but the mercenaries fend off the helicopter. After they threatened Danni, Knox agrees to hand over Dimitri in exchange for her. Steed berates Cho for risking the lives of innocent people and takes control of the situation. A helicopter comes back and kills other men but in the process, Dimitri and Danni are captured. After struggling with Tatiana, she is impaled by the pipe. He discovers the fake kill switch and, before she dies, she explains that the bomb will blow up 90 minutes into the game.

Upon Dimitri reunites with Arkady, he vows of starting the revolution again if he proves his loyalty by shooting Danni; however, to maintain democracy in their country, Dimitri shoots himself. With few minutes left, Faisal is able to evacuate the audience from the radius blast and Arkady took the live broadcast at the control with Danni before the bomb goes off, supposedly killing the both. As he about to mourn, Knox discovers that the live broadcast was pre-recorded, 85 minutes of the game, realizing the both are alive. Knox catches them both and after Danni distracts him, he finally kills Arkady. Danni reunites with her worried mother and Steed thanks Knox for his bravery. Knox and his family leave the stadium with Arkady's face still on the broadcast screen.

Cast

• Dave Bautista as Michael Knox
• Pierce Brosnan as Dimitri Belav
• Ray Stevenson as Arkady Belav
• Alexandra Dinu as Tatiana
• Martyn Ford as Vlad Ivanov
• Lara Peake as Danni
• Amit Shah as Faisal Khan
• Lucy Gaskell as Rachel
• Ralph Brown as Chief Commander Steed
• Julian Cheung as Agent Cho
• Aaron McCusker as Captain Reynolds
• Bill Fellows as Superintendent Thompson

Production

The film was first announced in February 2016, represented as "Die Hard in a football stadium," written by The Lynch Brothers, to be produced by Signature Films and The Fyzz Facility, with Highland Films Group executive producing with a $20 Million budget, filmed at the Boleyn Ground, former home of West Ham United.^[3] In July 2016, Dave Bautista and Pierce Brosnan were announced to be headlining the cast, which also stars Julian Cheung, Russell Phillips and Alexandra Dinu, with director Scott Mann at the helm, scheduled to begin filming on 8 August 2016 at the stadium.^[4] Principal photography officially began on 15 August 2016.^[5]

Release

In June 2018, a teaser trailer was released by Sky Cinema, along with an announcement that the film would open in the UK and Ireland on 7 September 2018. The film released in cinemas and on the Sky Cinema subscription television service on the same day.^[6]

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 72% based on reviews from 39 critics, with an average rating of 5.3/10.^[7]

References

External links

• {{IMDb title|5254610|Final Score}}

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