Take Cover is a 2024 British action thriller film directed by Nick McKinless and starring Scott Adkins and Alice Eve. The film about a professional sniper trapped in an all-glass penthouse by a deadly rival.

Plot

Sam, a sniper and Ken, a spotter are arguing about God while watching their high profile target on a rooftop. Sam finds a perfect shot, but it hits the girlfriend of the target. After a tense moment between the two soldiers, He takes another shot and kills the target. Both escape from the area and return home. Sam is regretful, believing that the girl he killed may have been innocent and seemed to be protecting the target but Ken argues that they are good soldiers who works for the government and the woman put herself in harm's way through her own choices. Sam decides to retire and talks to his boss, Tamara, about it. She convinces him to Take one last assignment in Frankfurt and Sam agrees. Sam and Ken reach Frankfurt but Ken is disappointed about Sam retiring and worried about his future. They enter a luxurious penthouse and are told it is an upgrade from Tamara herself, seen as a parting gift for Sam while Ken remains in disbelief. The manager opens the curtain but Sam asks him to close it because he is uncomfortable. Two massage girls, Mona and Lily, joins them as a gift from the boss. Mona is a fortune teller and she reads the palm of Sam and Ken. The manager brings up food and suddenly opens the curtains, Sam shouts to close it but he sees a flash of sniper's scope on a building across the street from him. He shouts to everyone to duck down as the sniper begins firing. He tries to close the curtains but the manager, a professional ninja assassin, stops him and tries to kill him. Sam manages to knock him and another assassin down. Ken makes a call to Tamara using Lily's phone and asks for backup. The assassin wakes up again, but Ken throws him out of the window. However, he is shot by the sniper and falls down as he bleeds out. Sam finds that Tamara is trying to kill them because she doesn't like the idea of Sam retiring, claiming that he is developing a conscience and will turn on them one day. Sam kills all the assassins and snipers sent by Tamara as means of eliminating him messily. In the chaotic skirmish, Lily is killed while Tamara continues taunting him until Sam realizes how she was monitoring them. Once reinforcements arrive, Sam uses his rifle and several other tactics to keep himself and Mona alive despite the low chances of survival. Mona makes Sam promise to Take care of her 8 year old daughter and sacrifices herself as he finally kills the sniper. Ken suddenly wakes up but forces Sam to save himself after realizing he is on borrowed time. While a drone sent by Tamara is destroyed by Sam, Ken uses the last of his energy to help Sam before succumbing to his wounds. Using an old technique from their past, Sam escapes the attack and thanks God for keeping him alive, swearing revenge against Tamara. Later, he calls Tamara as she is waiting for her flight to Dubai in the airport. Both of them begin mocking each other until Sam tells her of karmic retribution, which she scoffs in ignorance. With the help of Mona's daughter, Sam kills her in the restroom and casually walks away with the child, hoping his path of redemption is in good hands.

Cast

Scott Adkins as Sam Lorde Alice Eve as Tamara Jack Parr as Ken Madalina Bellariu Ion as Mona Alba De Torrebruna as Lily Billy Clements as Assassin (cameo) Ada Michaels-Mason as The Blonde (cameo)

Production

Scott Adkins announced that he's going to star in a film called Take Cover. Principal photography started June 19, 2023 in England.

Release

Brainstorm Media and Fandango at Home will debut Take Cover in select US theaters and on VOD starting on October 4, in the UK and Ireland on October 14, 2024.

Reception

The Guardian rated Take Cover at 2/5 stars, writing that it was not "astute enough to methodically work the stripped-down predicament for everything it’s worth. Surely no elite sniper would give his position away with a lens flash, for starters – and why are the characters all hiding behind furniture that is presumably easy to penetrate with high velocity bullets?" Common Sense Media was also critical, stating "What the movie can't deliver, however, is a break from the familiar "one last job" cliches, or a climax packed with any surprises." The reviewer for Cinema Crazed was more favorable, calling it "decent Scott Adkins fare, an action film with plenty of bullets and hand to hand combat, made to showcase what the actor can do and going for it while it’s at it." Eye for Film was also favorable, noting that "There is practically nothing in the plot of this film that viewers won’t have seen before, yet it works, largely due to the combination of engaging characters and expertly delivered action."

References

External links

Take Cover at IMDb