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Harsh Times

2005, Movie, 1h 56min

Jim Davis is an ex-Army Ranger who finds himself slipping back into his old life of petty crime after a job offer from the LAPD evaporates. His best friend is pressured by his girlfriend Sylvia to find a job, but Jim is more interested in hanging out and making cash from small heists, while trying to get a law enforcement job so he can marry his Mexican girlfriend.

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Reviews

Critic Alan Morrison

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As a troubled Gulf War vet he is struggling to make distinctions between the everyday world and the battlefield, where murder is acceptable. Physically and mentally, Bale is astonishing...

Read full review at Empire

Critic Noel Murray

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Ayer has a good sense of pace, but he doesn't have much control over Harsh Times' tone, which evolves too quickly into a lurid, forced, pulp pretender...

Read full review at The A.V. Club

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Jim Davis, a former Army Ranger struggling with PTSD, tries to find a job with the LAPD while his best friend Mike gets pressured by his girlfriend Sylvia to find employment. As Jim's hopes for a law enforcement career fade, he and Mike succumb to their old criminal habits, cruising the dangerous streets of South Central Los Angeles, where gangs, drugs, and violence reign. Their reunion with their anarchic past spirals out of control, putting their lives and the American Dream they've been chasing at risk. Can they break free from their toxic past and find a chance at redemption, or will they succumb to the harsh realities of life in the city's underbelly?