HOT PURSUIT (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Reese Witherspoon (Wild), Sofia Vergara (Chef), Jim Gaffigan (17 Again), Robert Kasinsky (Pacific Rim), Joaquín Cosío (The Lone Ranger), Vincent Laresca (The Aviator), Michael Mosley (27 Dresses), John Carroll Lynch (Zodiac), Matthew Del Negro (Celeste & Jesse Forever), Richard T. Jones (Super 8), Evaluna Montaner (Grachi), Mike Birbiglia (The Fault in Our Stars), Michael Ray Escamilla (Frontera), Benny Nieves (Devil’s Advocate), David Jensen (Looper)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Anne Fletcher (The Proposal), director; David Feeney (According to Jim) and John Quaintance (Aquamarine), writers; Dana Fox (Couples Retreat), Bruna Papandrea (Warm Bodies) and Reese Witherspoon (Gone Girl), producers; Christophe Beck (The Hangover), composer; Oliver Stapleton (The Cider House Rules), cinematographer; Priscilla Nedd-Friendly (American Pie), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Rose Cooper (Witherspoon) is an uptight, by-the-book police officer in San Antonio who is assigned to protect Daniella Riva (Vergara), the widow of a drug boss, from such threats as crooked cops and dangerous gunmen…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Hot Pursuit wants to give us the female buddy action-comedy that we didn’t know we needed, and let’s hope – especially with talent like Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara involved – it delivers.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 31ST JULY 2015

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