You’ll be able to’t cover out of your legacy. Particularly when that legacy is violence. It is a lesson that the all-new and intensely reluctant motion hero Billy Magnussen might want to be taught quick in his upcoming thriller, which guarantees to ship brutal bloodshed and intense isolation as Magnussen’s Lucas Frost tries to run and conceal from his previous. After all, as is so usually the case in these motion thriller eventualities, revenge and retribution will inevitably comply with.
Titled Violent Ends, the primary trailer for the thriller has now been unleashed and teases a basic story of a person born in violence who needs no half in it. Striving to dwell a peaceable life, Magnussen’s antihero should dwell as much as the legacy he so needs to depart behind by choosing up a rifle and defending what’s his from the darkish forces closing in.
Written and directed by John-Michael Powell’s sophomore characteristic Violent Ends stars Billy Magnussen (No Time to Die, Aladdin), Alexandra Shipp (Barbie), Nick Stahl (Sin Metropolis), James Badge Dale (The Empty Man), Emmy Award Winner Kate Burton (Gray’s Anatomy), and Academy Award Winner Ray McKinnon (Knox Goes Away). The thriller is all set to be launched in theaters on October 31, and you may take a look at each the official synopsis and trailer under…
“Set within the Ozark Mountains, VIOLENT ENDS follows Lucas Frost (Magnussen), an sincere man introduced up in a criminal offense household whose solely legacy is violence. As Lucas tries to make a peaceable lifetime of his personal along with his fiancée, Emma (Shipp), he’s instantly pulled again into the household enterprise when his cousin, Eli, perpetrates an armed theft with brutal penalties.”
Billy Magnussen Guarantees to Be a Fascinating Sudden Motion Hero
Author and director John-Michael Powell made his feature-length directorial debut with 2022’s darkish drama The Ship-Off. Bringing that very same darkish drama into the world of motion thrills, Violent Ends is certain to be a change of tempo for each him and actor Billy Magnussen, who is essentially related to comedy roles within the likes of Lilo & Sew, Recreation Night time, and The Franchise. Nonetheless, whereas he has by no means taken a gun-toting lead like Violent Ends, Magnussen has dabbled in motion earlier than, starring alongside Jake Gyllenhaal in Amazon’s remake of Highway Home and doing battle with Daniel Craig in his James Bond swansong No Time to Die.
Whereas seeing the comedic actor wielding each a shotgun and a mercilessly decided look in his eyes could initially really feel jarring, Magnussen has lengthy been a vastly underrated expertise, and little doubt this transformation of tempo in Violent Ends (to not point out a number one position) will hopefully assist the actor lastly get the popularity he deserves.
In an announcement, IFC Movies’ Vice President of Acquisitions and Productions, Ayo Kepher-Maat, heaped reward on filmmaker John-Michael Powell for crafting “a gripping story of vengeance, propelled by Billy Magnussen’s magnetic and commanding efficiency that stuns at each flip. Audiences experiencing VIOLENT ENDS shall be drawn into the very essence of what makes a revenge thriller so irresistible.”
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John-Michael Powell
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John-Michael Powell
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Vincent Sieber