We Die Young | |
Director: | Lior Geller |
Screenplay: | Lior Geller |
Story: | Andrew Friedman |
Producer: | Moshe Diamant Sagiv Diamant Gabriel Georgiev |
Starring: | Jean-Claude Van Damme David Castañeda Elijah Rodriguez. |
Cinematography: | Ivan Vatsov |
Editing: | Lior Geller Tal Keller |
Music: | Erez Koskas |
Runtime: | 92 minutes |
Country: | United States Bulgaria |
Language: | English |
Budget: | $4 million |
We Die Young is a 2019 American direct-to-video action film directed by Lior Geller, and starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, David Castañeda, and Elijah Rodriguez.
Lucas, a 14-year-old boy inducted into the gang life in Washington, D.C., is determined that his 10-year-old brother will not follow the same path. When an Afghanistan war veteran comes into the neighborhood, an opportunity arises.
Common Sense Media rated the film 2 out of 5 stars.[1]
Simon Abrams of Roger Ebert.com rated it 2 stars, saying "We Die Young follows a poorly defined audience surrogate, one who does what he's told without ever really standing apart from his guardians."[2]
James Lindorf of Red Carpet Crash praised the direction and the performance of lead actor Jean-Claude Van Damme.[3]
John Delia of Aced Magazine gave the film 4 out of 5 stars calling the film “Shocking, violent and emotional…” stating of director Lior Geller's work, “Geller… sets up the audience for a front row seat on a Godfather resembling movie.”[4] "