SunnyHello Nice effects though.

Softwing Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

Solidrariol Am I Missing Something?

Dana An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

joao_mendes7839 Um argumento razoável com uma grande interpretação de Bale.

ladybug-48595 I'll start this review by using the cliché that I want my 2 hours back.This film features an assortment of detestable, unlovable characters alongside a chaotic and slow moving plot. They go places, and do things, all the while moving toward the inevitable conclusion, which by the midpoint of the movie we've already figured out. There is an underlying theme of PTSD, but if the writers were trying to garner sympathy for the soldiers who suffer from it, they sure picked an awful individual. If anything, you leave more convinced that 'Jim' (Bale's character) was an crazy a-hole BEFORE he joined the army, and at least they unleashed him on the enemy, instead of the rest of us.If you are a die hard Christian Bale fan, and think you'd enjoy him spending 2 hours talking in gang slang, and breaking every law in the book, then this is for you. For the rest of the 99.99% of us, there are much better choices. Save your life and don't watch this one.

andrewjeff This film came on Channel Four television a few weeks ago and I decided to record it (as it was on at 3am).When I sat down to watch it the next day I didn't expect much, as the film is not terribly well-known amongst people like myself who prefer arty type movies - but I soon found myself both riveted and transfixed by the magnificent acting by the central characters.Christian Bale delivers an outstanding performance as the psychiatrically challenged and disturbed Jim- who seamlessly changes personality from good time guy to evil sadistic killer. I was mesmerised by a character that normally I wouldn't have time for - and it was all down to the actor's stellar performance as a man coming to terms with life outside the military regime he had been used to; a man dealing with the complexities of a life in civvy street- where the answer is not to just blow it away with your gun on the order of your superior.I won't say any more than that: watch this gripping film and understand a little bit more how life in the military can make some ex servicemen unable to hold onto reality once they leave it.

Theo Robertson I might have been able to relate to this . A man tries to get a job and finds himself in all sorts of shenanigans. A simple enough idea but one that never really extends beyond that and you're reminded of earlier and later movies such as TAXI DRIVER and that one of Denzil Washington playing a bent cop . In fact the whole structure of HARSH TIMES resembles the one of TRAINING DAY as the two protagonists roll criminals and get up to all kinds of naughtiness Christian Bale made something of a career out of playing scary nutters and here he is at it again . For a man born in the Welsh valleys he is relatively impressive in these type of roles but the problem I've always had with Bale is that he never seems to communicate a sense of empathy to this audience members . In short his characters are unlikable and I have to say I did find HARSH TIMES very much an unlikable movie