PREVIEW: Gunpowder Milkshake (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Karen Gillan (Avengers: Endgame), Lena Headey (Dredd), Carla Gugino (Sucker Punch), Chloe Coleman (My Spy), Ralph Ineson (The Witch), Adam Nagaitis (Suffragette), Michael Smiley (Kill List), Michelle Yeoh (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), Angela Bassett (Black Panther), Paul Giamatti (Sideways), Samuel Anderson (The Lady in the Van), Ivan Kaye (Assassination Games), David Burnell IV (The Salzburg Story), Jack Bandeira (The King), Mai Duong Kieu (Dark Justice), Freya Allan (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Navot Papushado (Big Bad Wolves), director, writer; Ehud Lavski (film debut), writer; Alex Heineman (Non-Stop) and Andrew Rona (The Commuter), producers; Frank Ilfman (Wounded Land), composer; Michael Seresin (War for the Planet of the Apes), cinematographer; Nicolas De Toth (Stoker), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Sam (Gillan) is an assassin who works for a mysterious firm of hitwomen. When a mission goes wrong, she finds herself targeted by an army of assassins, all while protecting a young girl named Emily (Coleman). Her rogue mission also puts her in contact with her estranged mother Scarlet (Headey), who used to work at the same firm as her daughter…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

An all-star female ensemble, from Karen Gillan to Michelle Yeoh, leads this high-octane action movie that gives audiences a good time while also not skimping on the John Wick levels of violence.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE, AND STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON SKY CINEMA AND NOW TV

 

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