Retribution (2015 film)

'The Stranger') is a 2015 Spanish-French action thriller film directed by Dani de la Torre, and starring Luis Tosar, Javier Gutiérrez, Elvira Mínguez and Goya Toledo.

Still injured by the explosion in his leg, Marcos is released, but Sara jumps in the front seat as she does not want to abandon Carlos.

Lucas tells them that he was the one extorting the money over the phone from Carlos for having his wife commit suicide after being coaxed into making bad investments that ruined her economically.

Lucas leaves and begins telling him over the phone that a separate bomb he showed them before will blow if Carlos doesn't make an escape to a location where more money can be sent to his account in 5 minutes.

[9] Retribution made its world premiere on 2 September 2015, screened as the opening film of the Venice Festival's parallel section Giornate degli autori.

Reviewing the film from Venice, Guy Lodge of Variety considered that "pumped up but wholly derivative, Dani de la Torre's bomb-on-wheels thriller makes for an efficient Hollywood calling card".

[12] David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter, considering that the film was an odd choice for the "auteur-driven" Venice Days, concluded that it was "Locke meets Speed, bypassing originality and plausibility".

[22][23] In 2021, a Korean version, Hard Hit (Balsinjehan), starring Jo Woo-jin and directed by Kim Chang-ju [ko],[24] was released.

[25] Released in August 2023, the remake, directed by Nimród Antal, co-stars Embeth Davidtz, Lilly Aspell, Jack Champion, Noma Dumezweni and Matthew Modine.