SHOT CALLER (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Oblivion), Omari Hardwick (Gridiron Gang), Lake Bell (Man Up), Jon Bernthal (Fury), Emory Cohen (Brooklyn), Jeffrey Donovan (J. Edgar), Evan Jones (The Book of Eli), Benjamin Bratt (Traffic), Holt McCallany (Blackhat), Juan Pablo Raba (The 33), Matt Gerald (Avatar), Michael Landes (Hart’s War), Jessy Schram (Keith), Keith Jardine (Gamer), Chris Browning (Felon), Max Greenfield (The Glass Castle), Monique Candelaria (The Control Group)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Ric Roman Waugh (Snitch), director, writer, producer; Jonathan King (Judas Kiss), Michel Litvak (Drive) and Gary Michael Walters (Whiplash), producers; Antonio Pinto (Lord of War), composer; Dana Gonzales (Empire State), cinematographer; Michelle Tesoro (Women in Trouble), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

After a fatal traffic accident, family man Jacob (Coster-Waldau) is sent to prison, where he encounters criminals who are far more dangerous than him and must join a prison gang in order to survive…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

If the perfect film to seek out this Christmas is a gritty, brutal movie about toughened prison gangs (because there are SO many of you!), then you should feel perfectly at home with this film which takes it to a pretty terrifying level.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 15TH DECEMBER 2017

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