Code Name Banshee

Code Name Banshee
Directed byJon Keeyes
Written byMatthew Rogers
Produced byJordan Beckerman
Jon Keeyes
Jordan Yale Levine
Shaun Sanghani
Starring
CinematographyAustin F. Schmidt
Edited byR.J. Cooper
Music byBen Weinman
Production
companies
Yale Productions
Banshee Productions
Bee-Hive Productions
Highland Myst Entertainment
Lucky 13 Productions
SSS Film Capital
Distributed byScreen Media
Release date
  • July 1, 2022 (2022-07-01)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Code Name Banshee is a 2022 American action thriller film directed by Jon Keeyes, starring Jaime King, Antonio Banderas and Tommy Flanagan. [1]

Cast

  • Jaime King as Delilah
  • Antonio Banderas as Caleb
  • Tommy Flanagan as Anthony Greene
  • Catherine Davis as Haley
  • Aleksander Vayshelboym as Kronos
  • Dylan Flashner as Ryker
  • Dina Plotch as Tasha
  • Colin Walker as Jeremy
  • Rose Lane Sanfilippo as Malia
  • Victor Plajas as Bishop
  • Wayne Pyle as Rick
  • John Wollman as Mave
  • Emily Tung as Robyn
  • Nic Coccaro as J.T.
  • Keil Oakley Zepernick as Giant
  • Kim DeLonghi as Carla

Release

The film was released in theatres and on demand on 1 July 2022.[2]

Reception

Brent Simon of The A.V. Club wrote, "In the end, Code Name Banshee doesn’t have interesting ideas about who its characters are, or even wish to be. It’s a cliché-driven, rinse-and-repeat exercise in expended bullets, nothing more."[2]

Jeffrey Anderson of Common Sense Media rated the film 2 stars out of 5 and wrote that "While it's great to see King confident in a straight-up warrior role, there's so little actually going on in this flat action movie that it feels like the warmup act for a much better movie."[3]

Alex Saveliev of Film Threat gave the film a score of 4/10 wrote, "The feature is haphazardly edited, with the shot-from-afar fight scenes particularly egregious, clearly revealing stunt doubles. Everything is immersed in murky browns and washed-out grays; the film is so devoid of color that it’s almost black-and-white. The by-the-numbers script by Matthew Rogers careens along, every so-called twist and turn predictable. No flair or creativity seems to have been applied to any of it."[4]

References

  1. ^ Screen Media Buys ‘Code Name Banshee,’ Action-Thriller With Antonio Banderas, Jaime King
  2. ^ a b Simon, Brent (1 July 2022). "Code Name Banshee's assassin story lacks creative firepower". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  3. ^ Anderson, Jeffrey. "Code Name Banshee". Common Sense Media. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  4. ^ Saveliev, Alex (1 August 2022). "Code Name Banshee". Film Threat. Retrieved 7 October 2023.