SLEEPLESS (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Jamie Foxx (Ray), Michelle Monaghan (Gone Baby Gone), Dermot Mulroney (August: Osage County), Scoot McNairy (Argo), T.I. (Ant-Man), Gabrielle Union (The Birth of a Nation), David Harbour (A Walk Among The Tombstones), Octavius J. Johnson (Coldwater)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Baran bo Odar (The Silence), director; Andrea Berloff (Straight Outta Compton), writer; Roy Lee (Abduction) and Adam C. Stone (Horns), producers; Michael Kamm (Who Am I), composer; Mihai Malaimare Jr. (The Master), cinematographer; Robert Rzesacz (The Silence), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Vincent Downs (Foxx) is a cop in Las Vegas who robs a shipment of cocaine with his corrupt partner Sean Cass (T.I.). Unbeknownst to them, the shipment belonged to some powerful mobsters, who ambush Downs and kidnap his son Thomas (Johnson), forcing him to make things right and expose the crime syndicate within his own police force…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Jamie Foxx is on top form in this action-thriller that may be lacking in the intellectual department, but is certainly not short of entertainment value.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 5TH MAY 2017

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