

Bastille Day
With law comes disorder
Michael Mason is an American pickpocket living in Paris who finds himself hunted by the CIA when he steals a bag that contains more than just a wallet. Sean Briar, the field agent on the case, soon realises that Michael is just a pawn in a much bigger game and is also his best asset to uncover a large-scale conspiracy.
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6.3/10
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $20M
- Box office
- $14.4M
- Language
- English
- central intelligence agency (cia)
- france
- bomb
- bank
- intelligence agency
- terrorism
- counter intelligence
- french police
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Produced in
France, United Kingdom, United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalR18 Nov 2016
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1522 Apr 2016
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM12 May 2016
AustriaAT
- TVORF 1, leicht gekürzte Fassung, JMK 142 Oct 2019
BrazilBR
- Digital / OTT14Streaming23 Dec 2016
DenmarkDK
- Physical1520 Oct 2016
FranceFR
- Theatrical13 Jul 2016
- TVCanal+ Grand Écran27 Nov 2025
- TVPolar+4 Jun 2026
- TVCStar14 Oct 2026
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1623 Jun 2016
GreeceGR
- TheatricalΚ-1518 Aug 2016
- PhysicalDVD31 Oct 2016
IrelandIE
- Digital / OTT1522 Apr 2016
ItalyIT
- TheatricalT13 Jul 2016
JapanJP
- TheatricalPG124 Mar 2017
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Bastille Day was released on 22 April 2016.
Audience reviews
3- R6/10
Reno
11/4/2016
**One wrong move made a small time thief a target.** The first thing is this film came at the worst time in the history of France. If it was set in elsewhere in the world would have had less issue, but the Paris terror attack and this theme had lots of similarity. I mean it was nothing to do with the incident, but the contents are very impactful. Which also might be the reason for the film not doing well. I did no…
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CinemaSerf
11/17/2022
Well this just goes to show that you can put two hot blokes in the same film, set it in Paris, add some car chases and pyrotechnics - and still end up with a dud. Richard Madden (and his terrible attempt at a Nevada accent) is "Mason" an accomplished pickpocket who manages to get himself embroiled in a bombing. Spotted by CCTV, he is soon the quarry of the CIA's "Briar" (Idris Elba) before the latter realises that he…
- R7/10
r96sk
1/6/2024
Pretty good, for what it is. <em>'Bastille Day'</em>, or <em>'The Take'</em> for us in my neck of the woods, is a sound action thriller that suitably entertains. Idris Elba has played this sorta role many a time but there's no doubting how strongly he performs in such films. He and co-star Richard Madden are sporting distracting (at least to someone who knows them more for their native tongue) accents, but are a s…
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