PREVIEW: Prisoners of the Ghostland (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Nicolas Cage (Pig), Sofia Boutella (Climax), Nick Cassavetes (Face/Off), Bill Moseley (House of 1000 Corpses), Yuzuka Nakaya (The Forest of Love), Tak Sakaguchi (Yakuza Weapon)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Sion Sono (Love Exposure), director; Reza Sixo Safai (Sabotage), writer, producer; Aaron Hendry (film debut), writer; Nate Bolotin (Mandy), Michael Mendelsohn (Synchronic), Kô Mori (Lords of Chaos) and Laura Rister (The Free World), producers; Joseph Trapanese (Arctic), composer; Sôhei Tanikawa (Guilty of Romance), cinematographer; Taylor Levy (Drunk Bus), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Hero (Cage), a notorious criminal, is sprung from jail by the wealthy Governor (Moselely), who wants him to locate his adopted granddaughter Bernice (Boutella) after she goes missing. Strapped to a leather suit that will self-destruct in three days if he does not complete the mission, Hero must find a way to break the curse of the realm known as Ghostland if he is to rescue Bernice from a grisly fate…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Nicolas Cage teams up with Japanese auteur Sion Sono for a wild and insane thrill-ride that threatens to make the world of Mad Max look relatively normal by comparison.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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