Harsh Times
Directed by David Ayer
Jim Davis is an ex-Army Ranger who finds himself slipping back into his old life of petty crime after a job offer from the LAPD evaporates. His best friend is pressured by his girlfriend Sylvia to find a job, but Jim is more interested in hanging out and making cash from small heists, while trying to get a law enforcement job so he can marry his Mexican girlfriend. From TMDB
7 reactions from 2 sources (Bluesky, TMDB reviews) · newest Jul 16, 2026 · last updated Oct 22, 2026 · How this works
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Harsh Times is a 2005 crime drama thriller film, directed by David Ayer, starring Christian Bale, Freddy Rodríguez and Eva Longoria.
- 7 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, TMDB reviews
- posts span Sep 19, 2019 to Jul 16, 2026
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7 of 7 · most liked firstRolling out tonight to see the new Jason Statham movie “A Working Man” - I presumed the first David Ayer movie that would get the @junkfilterpod.bsky.social treatment would be “Harsh Times” but instead listeners are getting a Jason Statham double bill of “The Beekeeper” and the new one. Coming soon!
neutral · AI labelView post →My ★★½ review of Harsh Times on @letterboxd: boxd.it/LTScN
negative · AI labelView post →I haven't seen Traffic but for me I'm going with Christian Bale's worst movie, Harsh Times
negative · AI labelView post →I think about how the best encapsulation of the flaws with Homeland Security's culture was the movie Harsh Times where Christian Bale plays a guy set to go off for training for the DHS while simultaneously smuggling drugs across the U.S. Mexico border and hanging out with criminals.
neutral · AI labelView post →It’s time to help us choose one movie we cover during January’s Christian F^%*ing Bale Month. Choices are Harsh Times, Hostiles, & Out of the Furnace. Let us know below which one you’d like us to cover and the winner across socials will be covered in January. #ChristianBale @carlatemis.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →Harsh Times - Film 52 of 2024 The two leads did a good job and I enjoyed it, was sad tho
positive · AI labelView post →I'm a soldier of the apocalypse, man! Harsh Times is written and directed by David Ayer. It stars Christian Bale, Freddy Rodriguez, Eva Longoria, Chaka Forman, Tammy Trull, J.K. Simmons and Michael Monks. Music is by Graeme Revell and cinematography by Steve Mason. South Central Los Angeles, and best friends Jim Luther Davis (Bale) and Mike Alonzo (Rodriguez) begin hurtling into violence that threatens to derail their respective future plans. This was to be David Ayer's directorial debut, and…
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