Harsh Times

I went to see Harsh Times knowing little about it aside from that Christian Bale was in it.It's hard to go into detail without spoiling the plot, but it's an excellent story of two friends down on their luck, one... Full review

Harsh Times is an intense film. Keeping you on the edge of finding out how crazy events can become seems to be a staple in the writing of David Ayer. He penned the script for the gritty cop drama Training... Full review

Went to see the movie last night without knowing what it was about. To say that I enjoyed the movie from start to finish would be an understatement! I thought Christian Bale was absolutely fantastic, his depiction of an ex... Full review

Christian Bale is an actor who is never orthodox. His string of films have in general been breaking moulds and testing his own ability, and more often than not you leave the cinema thinking that you had seen something special.Having... Full review

The plot in this film is somewhat like an aircraft that spends a puzzlingly long time taxiing along the runway before it finally gets airborne. Even then, it is not until the final part that the joystick is forcefully pulled... Full review

First off, let me start by saying that I have never been bothered to write a review on IMDb. Although a fan of the site, I skim read reviews, often not having the patience to read the long essays that... Full review

I'm glad i haven't seen training day or i'd feel compelled to compare. This film feels real, and the director really makes you feel like you are actually IN the film, in the situation with the characters. You feel part... Full review

Saw Harsh Times today, mostly because Bale is gorge! and was blown away. Just one problem, and that is the way Freddy and Christians characters talk: "Wassup dawg/dude/homie", it's grating and annoying. There are some truly shocking, out of the... Full review

This is a pretty good movie. It's really intense and disturbing. The pairing of Freddy Rodreiguez and Christian Bale definitely covers the wide range of emotions that the duo go through during the film. I won't be too specific, but... Full review

An intense film, that FEELS a lot like Training Day, but with more of a gritty approach, and with actors who seem actually believable... which makes sense since it's based on the real life experiences of the director/writer and people... Full review

Ayer (Training Day) is fast becoming the movie worlds foremost chronicler of life in Los Angeles. Not the glamorous L.A. of movie stars and models, but the one populated by gangsters and crooked cops, where everyone has a gun, a... ... Full Article

Release Date: November 10, 2006 Distributor: Bauer Martinez Distribution Director: David Ayer Producers: Andrea Sperling & David Ayer Screenwriter: David Ayer Cast: Christian Bale, Freddy Rodriguez, Eva Longoria Genre: Action, Crime, Drama MPAA Rating: R (for strong violence, language and... ... Full Article

Stepping into David Ayer's hotel room, for the first time in my life I felt as if I was shaking hands with a screenwriter who could literally snap me in half without even flinching. ... Full Article

If the name Chaka Forman resonates familiar it is likely because it is. Chaka, a graduate of Brown University, is the son of the late James Forman, a political activist who served as the executive secretary of the Student Nonviolent... ... Full Article

As its title suggests, HARSH TIMES is a dark, rough movie. Focused on a few delirious days in the life of Gulf War veteran Jim Davis ( Christian Bale ), it makes the case that his combat experience is of... ... Full Article