Give 'Em Hell, Malone is a 2009 crime film directed by Russell Mulcahy and starring Thomas Jane, Ving Rhames and Elsa Pataky. An ex-private eye turned gun for hire named Malone is hired to retrieve a suitcase from a building full of armed mobsters, but a violent shootout ensues and Malone is eventually left as the only survivor. Suspecting a set-up, he retains the only noteworthy item contained in the case - a small painted animal referred to as "the meaning of love" - for himself, prompting several different parties in the employ of a local gangster - Whitmore - to pursue Malone in attempt... to discern the meaning of the case's contents. After a series of violent encounters leaving many dead, Malone eventually confronts Whitmore, who admits he was responsible for hiring Malone and planted the toy - a keepsake belonging to Malone's young son - as a means to trick Malone into exterminating Whitmore's criminal help, allowing Whitmore to become a legitimate businessman without worrying about being tainted by potential loose ends from his criminal past. Malone kills Whitmore and phones his wife and son - previously presumed dead - but does not engage them in conversation.
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| Release date: | 2009 |
| Directed by: | Russell Mulcahy |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 90 Minutes |
| Producer: | Brian Oliver, Richard Salvatore, Johnny Martin, Erik Anderson, Richard Rionda Del Castro |
| Editor: | Robert A. Ferretti |
| Music by: | David C. Williams |
| Cinematography: | Jonathan Hall |
| Estimated budget: | $15,000,000 |
| Genre: | Action, Thriller |