BEYOND THE REACH (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Michael Douglas (Wall Street), Jeremy Irvine (War Horse), Ronny Cox (Beverly Hills Cop), Hanna Mangan-Lawrence (Thirst), Patricia Bethune (True Blood), Martin Palmer (The Homesman), David Garver (The Missing)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Jean-Baptiste Léonetti (Carré Blanc), director; Stephen Susco (The Grudge), writer; Michael Douglas (Romancing the Stone) and Robert Mitas (film debut), producers; Dickon Hinchliffe (Locke), composer; Russell Carpenter (Titanic), cinematographer; Adam Wolfe (White House Down), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

During a hunting trip deep within the Mojave Desert, high-rolling corporate shark Madec (Douglas) and his young guide Ben (Irvine) accidentally end up killing someone. Fearing that his career will be ruined if word gets out about, Madec forces Ben to play a very dangerous game of cat and mouse in a scorching environment where death is inevitable…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Michael Douglas is the ruthless hunter while poor Jeremy Irvine is the hunted in this chilling and intense cat-and-mouse thriller set right within one of the most heated environments in America.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 31ST JULY 2015

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