The Rhythm Section
The Rhythm Section is a 2020 action thriller film directed by Reed Morano and with a screenplay by Mark Burnell based on his novel of the same name. Starring Blake Lively, Jude Law and Sterling K. Brown, and follows a grieving woman who seeks revenge after discovering that the plane crash that killed her family was a terrorist attack.
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| Directed by | Reed Morano |
| Screenplay by | Mark Burnell |
| Based on | The Rhythm Section by Mark Burnell |
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| Cinematography | Sean Bobbitt |
| Edited by | Joan Sobel |
| Music by | Steve Mazzaro |
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| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 109 minutes |
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| Language | English |
| Budget | $50 million |
| Box office | $6 million |
It was released in the United States on January 31, 2020 by Paramount Pictures. It received mixed reviews, with critics generally praising Lively’s performance but critical of the plot. It was a box-office bomb, with the all-time worst wide-opening weekend for a film playing on over 3,000 screens. Two weeks later, it suffered the biggest-ever drop in screens when it was pulled from 2,955, with Paramount projected to lose $30–40 million.