Deadlock

Action

Available on VOD: 6 januari 2022

Director: Jared Cohn

Cast: Bruce Willis (Die Hard, Red, Sixth Sense, Split), Patrick Muldoon (The Crime Boss, Starship Troopers), Matthew Marsden (Black Hawk Down)

Mack is a former soldier who, after the war, moved to a town with a hydroelectric powerplant, where nearly everybody works. Life is peaceful for him there, until a gang of mercenaries led by Ron (Bruce Willis) storm the plant and take everybody hostage, including a group of children on a school trip. Now Mack is in a race against the clock and must use his military training to defeat Ron before he puts floods the town, killing thousands. Along the way he discovers Ron’s motive, which unravels a greater secret Mack’s town is hiding.

Reviews

• Commonsensemedia.org: Muldoon plays scruffy hero Mack with a blast of energy and a cheeky attitude.
• Voicesfromthebalcony.com: Willis taking on the Rickman role from his most iconic movie. The action scenes are plentiful.
• Cinemagzine.nl: ‘Deadlock’ kijkt makkelijk weg, het is een degelijk gemaakte B-film.

American Night

Action, Thriller

Available on VOD: 13 januari 2022

Director: Alessio Della Valle

Cast: Jonathan Rhys Meyers (Vikings, The 12th Man), Emile Hirsch (Lone Survivor, Killer Joe, Into the Wild), Paz Vega (Rambo Last Blood, Kill the Messenger), Jeremy Piven (Sin City A Dame to Kill For, Entourage), Michael Madsen (Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill, The Hateful Eight)

Full synopsis soon.

A neo-noir set in the New York City's corrupt contemporary art world where the art dealer John Kaplan and the ruthless head of New York's mafia, Michael Rubino, fight for money, art, power and love.

Reviews

• Silverscreenanalysis.com: The gun-play kicks in with a self-awareness that really makes it pop. It gets bloody and elegant all at the same time and I had fun with the sporadic tones, and noir atmosphere this one delivers. The hyper-reality was tuned-in just right to create a fun escape into a violent world of maniacal villains, art, sex, and gun-fights.
• Shadowsonthewall.co.uk: Hirsch  [has] fun along the way, veering wildly from thoughtful to petulant to maniacal.
• Markreviewsmovies.com: American Night portrays plenty of corruption, in the underworlds of both art and crime, and chaos, especially in its action-heavy climax.
• Flickeringmyth.com: Style, gritty suspense, and colorful characters.