In danger of setting itself up for a fall with pun-happy critics if it doesn’t land well, a new action thriller with Adrien Brody attached as the lead comes bearing the title **Expiration{
And if the concept feels a tad familiar, that’s because it’s a spin on an idea that has been tackled before – the tough guy with a ticking time clock, last seen, in some version at least, with Kevin Costner and 3 Days To Kill.
Expiration, which has a script from** Broken City**’s Brian Tucker, finds Brody as a rogue former CIA agent who has turned to the life of a hitman. Because that sort of career switch rarely works out well for anyone in film, he wakes up in hospital after a failed assassination attempt that was supposed to seal his retirement from his killer career with his veins pulsing in the grip of poison. With just 24 hours left to live, he’ll have to retrace his day to figure out what happened. We're thinking that will include big action moments, not him walking back to the local grocer's to see if it was the milk or confronting the cat about the contents of that morning's litter tray.
Brody is one of the producers of the film, which is now looking to lock down a director ready for a March 2016 shoot. The actor will next be seen in Roman revenge pic Emperor and Iran-set drama Septembers Of Shiraz, which just premiered at the Toronto Film Festival.