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WHO’S IN IT?

Édgar Ramírez (Zero Dark Thirty), Luke Bracey (G.I. Joe: Retaliation), Ray Winstone (The Departed), Teresa Palmer (I Am Number Four), Matias Varela (Easy Money), Clemens Schick (Casino Royale), Tobias Santelmann (Hercules), Max Thieriot (Chloe), Delroy Lindo (Get Shorty), Nikolai Kinski (Yves Saint Laurent)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Ericson Core (Invincible), director, cinematographer; Kurt Wimmer (Total Recall), writer, producer; John Baldecchi (The Mexican), Broderick Johnson (Prisoners), Andrew A. Kosove (The Blind Side), Chris Taylor (film debut) and David Valdes (The Green Mile), producers; Tom Holkenborg aka Junkie XL (Mad Max: Fury Road), composer; John Duffy (Turbulence), Gerald B. Greenberg (Apocalypse Now) and Thom Noble (RED), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Young FBI agent Johnny Utah (Bracey) is assigned to go undercover within a group of criminals led by the charismatic Bodhi (Ramírez), who use their skills in extreme sports to pull off daring heists and crimes. However, as Utah grows closer to Bodhi and his seductive lifestyle, he finds himself more unable to do the job he was sent in to do…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

The early-90s action classic, which featured Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze in the lead roles, is given a modern update which hopefully retains the original fun and pleasure of the original.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

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