BIG GAME (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction), Onni Tommila (Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale), Ray Stevenson (Thor), Victor Garber (Argo), Ted Levine (Silence of the Lambs), Felicity Huffman (Transamerica), Jim Broadbent (Hot Fuzz), Mehmet Kurtulus (Equilibrium), Jorma Tommila (The Visitor), Risto Salmi (Under the North Star), Jaymes Butler (Resident Evil), Jason Steffan (Violet of a Thousand Colours), Jean-Luc Julien (La Vie en Rose), Erik Markus Schuetz (Ong-Bak)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Jalmari Helander (Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale), director, writer; Will Clarke (Filth), Petri Jokiranta (Jade Warrior), Andy Mayson (The Hooligan Factory) and Jens Meurer (The Last Station), producers; Juri and Miska Seppä (Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale), composers; Mika Orasmaa (Iron Sky), cinematographer; Iikka Hesse (Hush), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Air Force One is shot down by terrorists over the Finnish wilderness, and the President (Jackson) teams up with 13-year-old hunter Oskar (Tommila) to survive as the terrorists close in to collect their prize…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

As if the prospect of having Samuel L. Jackson as the American President wasn’t enough, Big Game is a fun throwback to the action-adventure films of the 80s and 90s.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 8TH MAY 2015

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