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24 Hours to Live (2017)

Where 24 Hours to Live says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

Most of it was shot in Cape Town, but almost none of the places are named: only the V&A Waterfront and one road.

Scenes and places

The Interpol convoy ambush (2017)

Most of the Interpol agents are killed at a checkpoint, but Lin escapes with her prisoner Keith. It sets the manhunt the whole film runs on.

Set in Interpol convoy checkpoint, South Africa — An Interpol convoy transporting the prisoner Keith is ambushed at a checkpoint.

Fishing and scattering ashes (2017)

Travis fishes with his father-in-law Frank and scatters ashes at sea, a year after the deaths they mourn. Frank tells him the fish hate him because he has no soul.

Set in Out at sea (location not specified) — Travis and his father-in-law Frank fish and scatter ashes in the ocean on the first anniversary of the deaths they commemorate.

The bar and the job offer (2017)

Travis leaves Frank asleep and heads to a bar. Two thugs tell him Jim wants to see him, and Jim offers a million dollars a day to clean up a botched hit.

Set in A bar in South Africa — Travis goes to a bar for cocaine and Red Mountain's men find him there.

Lin's son and the airport (2017)

Travis charms his way past Lin's son, steals his phone and learns where Lin is going. He then finds her at the airport and wins her trust.

Set in Hong Kong, per the plot summary — Travis meets Lin's young son, then approaches Lin herself at an airport.

The revival lab (2017)

Travis wakes up in Red Mountain's lab after being brought back to life. He learns they only revived him to get Keith's location, and that a timer gives him 24 hours.

Set in Red Mountain's lab — Red Mountain brings Travis back with an experimental procedure.

Keith testifies (2017)

Keith testifies that Red Mountain experimented on over 70 civilians and made him dispose of the bodies. Moments later Red Mountain storms the building.

Set in The building where Keith testifies — Keith gives his testimony against Red Mountain in a building that Red Mountain then assaults.

Filmed at V&A Waterfront, Cape Town — The V&A Waterfront operator lists five spots that appear in the film (Table Bay Hotel, Quay 6, Marina residential units, Amway House and a former Mondiale restaurant); which of them is this scene is not stated. Coordinates are the centre of the V&A area. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The car chase (2017)

Lin and Keith escape the assault just as Travis arrives, and a chase follows. Keith manages to get hold of the camera's memory card before they leave.

Set in Roads near the testimony site — After the assault, Lin and Keith flee by car with Travis.

Filmed at R102 road, Cape Town to Woodstock — A travel blog says to watch for the R102 linking the city with Woodstock in the car chase scene. Coordinates are the centre of Woodstock, not the road. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The safe house (2017)

Lin's son is taken, so Travis decides to help her get him back. He stops at a safe house for guns and explosives.

Set in A safe house — Travis collects guns and explosives from a safe house.

The village of the experiment victims (2017)

Travis and Lin travel to the village where the experiment victims lived. The villagers agree to help them take revenge on Red Mountain.

Set in The village of the civilians Red Mountain experimented on — Travis and Lin enlist the help of villagers whose relatives Red Mountain experimented on.

Ambushing the convoy (2017)

Travis knows prisoner transport protocol, so he and the villagers corner the convoy and ambush it. They get the boy back.

Set in A road where the convoy is cornered — Travis and the villagers ambush a Red Mountain convoy to get Lin's son back.

Morrow's office (2017)

Jim Morrow is Travis's handler and friend at Red Mountain; his office is one of the film's key interiors.

Set in Jim Morrow's office — Jim Morrow's glass-walled Red Mountain office.

The Red Mountain base (2017)

In his last half hour, Travis has an agent drive him to the Red Mountain base as if he were the prisoner. He kills several guards and crashes the car into the building.

Set in Red Mountain headquarters — Travis forces an agent to drive him to the Red Mountain base and drives the car into the building.

Characters

• Travis Conrad — A retired hitman who is brought back from the dead for 24 hours.
• Lin Bisset — An Interpol agent protecting the witness Keith.

Questions answered on the map

• Where was the 24 Hours to Live car chase filmed?