BRIMSTONE (18)

WHO’S IN IT?

Dakota Fanning (War of the Worlds), Guy Pearce (Memento), Kit Harington (Testament of Youth), Carice van Houten (Black Book), Emilia Jones (What We Did On Our Holiday), Jack Roth (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story), Jack Hollington (The Go-Between), Paul Anderson (The Revenant), Carla Juri (Wetlands), Vera Vitali (Monica Z), William Houston (Dracula Untold), Bill Tangradi (Free State of Jones)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Martin Koolhoven (Winter in Wartime), director, writer; Uwe Schott (Cowgirl) and Els Vandevorst (Manderlay), producers; Junkie XL (Mad Max: Fury Road), composer; Rogier Stoffers (Lakeview Terrace), cinematographer; Job ter Burg (Elle), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Liz (Fanning) is a mute midwife living in the Old West, whose peaceful existence  is interrupted by the sudden arrival of a new Reverend (Pearce), who seems to be dead set on enacting some kind of vengeance on Liz. As she uses whatever resource she can to keep one step ahead of the Reverend, secrets are uncovered about Liz’s past and her own relationship with the pursuing threat…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Dakota Fanning is terrific and Guy Pearce is chilling in this Western revenge thriller from Dutch director Martin Koolhoven that’s a new cult classic in the making.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 29TH SEPTEMBER 2017

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