PREVIEW: Sweet Girl (15 TBC)

WHO’S IN IT?

Jason Momoa (Aquaman), Isabela Merced (Dora and the Lost City of Gold), Manuel Garcia-Rulfo (6 Underground), Raza Jaffrey (Harry Brown), Lex Scott Davis (The First Purge), Michael Raymond-James (Jack Reacher), Amy Brenneman (The Jane Austen Book Club), Adria Arjona (The Belko Experiment), Justin Bartha (The Hangover), Dominic Fumusa (The Report), Brian Howe (The Pursuit of Happyness), Nelson Franklin (Scott Pilgrim vs. The World), Reggie Lee (Tropic Thunder), Marisa Tomei (What Women Want), Jake Allyn (Appetites), Marie Zoumanigui (Oh Black Jesus)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Brian Andrew Mendoza (film debut), director, producer; Philip Eisner (Event Horizon), Gregg Hurwitz (The Book of Henry) and Will Staples (Without Remorse), writers; Jeffrey Fierson (This Is Not a Robbery), Jason Momoa (Braven) and Brad Peyton (Rampage), producers; Steven Price (Gravity), composer; Barry Ackroyd (The Hurt Locker), cinematographer; Brad Besser (Modern Imbecile’s Planet World), Matt Chesse (Quantum of Solace) and Michael McCusker (Le Mans ’66), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

After his terminally ill wife (Arjona) passes away, Cooper (Momoa) vows to bring down the pharmaceutical executives responsible for taking a life-saving cancer drug off the market, while reaping the profits. However, his war against the powerful people in charge threatens his bond with the one family member he has left: his daughter Rachel (Merced)…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Jason Momoa takes a break from ruling the oceans as Aquaman to produce and star in this high-octane action-thriller, which sees him acting opposite rising young actress Isabela Merced (formerly Moner).

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 20TH AUGUST 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON NETFLIX

 

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