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MPAA: R for violence, language throughout and brief sexual content/nudity
Run time: 83 minutes
U.S. Release Date: December 18, 2015 (In Theaters and On Demand)
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SYNOPSIS
When a terrorist group kidnaps retired CIA field operative Leonard Turner (Bruce Willis), his son Harry
Turner (Kellan Lutz), a government analyst who has been repeatedly turned down for field service,
launches his own unsanctioned rescue operation. While evading highly skilled operatives, deadly
assassins, and international terrorists, Harry finally puts his combat training to the test in a high stakes
mission to find his father and to stop a terrorist plot.
EXTRACTION stars Kellan Lutz, Bruce Willis, and Gina Carano and will be released by Lionsgate Premiere
in theaters and On Demand on December 18th.
Lionsgate Premiere, Grindstone Entertainment Group and Emmett Furla Oasis Films present in association
with The Fyzz Facility, an Emmet Furla Oasis Films production, a Twirly Films Limited production in
association with Aperture Entertainment.
ABOUT THE PRODUCTION
In EXTRACTION Kellan Lutz plays rookie CIA analyst Harry Turner, who wants to become an
international spy like his father veteran agent Leonard Turner, played by Bruce Willis. When Leonard is
taken hostage while on assignment to secure and escort the prototype for a top-classified hacking device
called the CONDOR, and Harry believes he knows who took him, he doesn’t hesitate to defy orders and
set off to rescue his father.
“Harry Turner is a CIA analyst who really wants to be a CIA in-field agent,” said Lutz, best known
for his role as Emmett Cullen in the blockbuster Twilight and its sequels. “All Harry wants to do is be like
his father, who doesn’t want his son to have anything to do with being an agent. His father wants to
protect him, which is what really drives both characters’ decision-making. And when his father becomes a
hostage over the CONDOR and other elements come into play, Harry takes it on his own accord to go
after his dad and be that in-field agent he knows he can be.”
Both Harry’s desire to follow in his father’s footsteps--and Leonard’s strenuous objections—were
irrevocably forged years ago by the murder of Leonard’s wife and Harry’s mother, Kate. Leonard never
recovered from the tragedy, feeling responsible for her death and the trauma suffered by Harry, who saw
his mother die and narrowly escaped being killed as well.
“My character’s very complex,” said Lutz about Harry Turner. “At a young age he witnesses his
mother being killed in front of him and was almost shot as well. He deals with a father who is an
international spy and wasn’t around much. Harry was alone a lot and had to grow up pretty fast.”
“Early in the story, when bad guys find out Leonard is undercover, they go to his house and kill
his wife and are trying to kill his son when I show up and save the son,” said D.B. Sweeney ( Heist) about
his character, Ken Robertson. “From that day on, Leonard’s life and career go south, and he becomes
unreliable and not very valuable to the CIA. But my character’s career continues to ascend.”
In the years that followed, Robertson steps up, becoming “Uncle Ken” helping and encouraging
the young Harry’s training and goals. In his position, he’s able to look out for the aspiring agent, and
with his father’s frequent absences, becomes a mentor of sorts to him.
“Kellan Lutz is a great young guy who’s had success as an actor and knows what he’s doing,”
said Sweeney. “He’s very serious about his work, and an easy guy to work with. He doesn’t need me to
be his mentor in real life, but it was fun to be his mentor in the movie.”
In addition to helping Harry, Robertson is also there for his longtime friend, Leonard. When
ongoing disciplinary and personal issues finally force Leonard into an early retirement, Robertson tries to
soften the pending blow by offering his friend one last field assignment – a decision with far-reaching
consequences.
“The CIA wants Leonard out,” said Sweeney.
“So, I give him a last shot to be part of an
operation – it’s the central operation of the movie that the plot revolves around. I send Leonard off to
get this master remote prototype and bring it to headquarters, which is probably bad judgment on my
part because he’s a little bit unreliable at this point. So when the bad guys get him and the device, the
story unfolds, and the action begins.”
When director Steven C. Miller (Submerged) first read EXTRACTION he was excited by what he
described as a “thriller with super weapons and conspiracies.” He saw the action in this fast-paced tale
of betrayal, revenge, redemption, and romance, set in the world of international spies as “more intimate,
more personal” than most of the action in today’s popular effects-and-gun-filled action blockbusters.
“It’s not a gun movie, in the sense there’s not a lot of gun play,” said Miller. “I wanted this
movie to be more hand-to-hand combat, more close quarters, tighter. It seems a trend in action films is
to be very serious – so serious—with wall-to-wall action -- lots of action--where you never slow down and
never have the chance to. I wanted EXTRACTION to be different. These movies are done all the time
and what I wanted to bring to a sense of fun to it. I wanted to give some breaks of fun and humor in the
middle of the action, so it all won’t feel so heavy.”
Miller worked with director of photography Brandon Cox and renowned stunt coordinator Simon
Rhee to create a pace in EXTRACTION that gave the audience some room to breathe. According to Cox,
Miller sought to establish what he calls a “slow-calm” rhythm to the film.
“In the beginning of the film, he wanted it to be very calm and then it breaks out into this high
energy and then calms down a bit,” said Brandon Cox, who also served as the director of photography on
Heist. “Slow and calm…slow and calm…we like the slow-calm. That’s how we wanted to introduce the
characters, especially Bruce Willis’s character, Agent Leonard Turner.”
EXTRACTION is the fourth action film from producer Randall Emmett ( Everest, Lone Survivor),
the co-founder of Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films (E/F/O) and longtime producing partner George Furla, and
Aperture’s Adam Goldworm, the production team behind the action films The Prince, Rage, and Vice. All
four films feature Willis and were shot on accelerated shooting schedules, three of them on location in
the city of Mobile, Alabama.
“I was watching Bruce in this very emotional scene do the most subtle changes of expression,
using certain looks and angles to add subtext to his words,” said Cox. “As an actor he tends to speak
softly anyhow, be this was a scene where he was saying so much without saying anything and I thought
that was really cool. It was something I didn’t see on set. I didn’t even see it when I was shooting it for
reference on my camera phone, but I saw it in the dailies.”
Just what is it about actors like Bruce Willis who rise to the status of “movie stars” and seem to
hold an enduring fascination for audiences?
“I don’t know what it is that Bruce has or does, but I think it’s something an actor just has – or
doesn’t,” said Miller. “It’s an instinct, a presence, the way he carries himself and uses his voice that
makes him so impactful. He does these things when he says a certain line or improvises, goes off-script
and it’s better and truer to the character that what’s written. Somehow, someway, Bruce puts his little
spin on it, and that’s why he’s Bruce.”
“You have to work quickly, be decisive and know what you want to shoot at this pace,” said
Sweeney. “One thing that’s really been an asset on this film is director Steven C. Miller has an editing
background. He’s very specific in what he wants, knows how to get that coverage, which makes my job
easier, and everything faster.”
With a 17-day, six-days-a-week shooting schedule, a half-dozen major fighting sequences, and a
couple of car chases to film, Miller worked closely with Cox, Rhee, and his assistant directors Jonathan
Southard and Karla Strum to maximize his on-set time and post-production options by shooting with
multiple cameras, including the Alexa XT® and Ari Alexa® cameras (with the 433 sensor) with Hawk ®
anamorphic lenses. A camera drone was used to capture night aerials of Drake’s SUV driving through the
city streets.
“It’s an action film shot on a very ambitious schedule,” said actor Joshua Mikel, whose film
credits include Million Dollar Arm, Dirty Grandpa and Heist. “What most people don’t realize in action
films there are a lot of set ups and separate shots because the editing is so quick. And lots of set ups
and shots take time, but Steven is incredible. He comes from a younger filmmaking generation that is
speedier and understands the genre. For me, as an actor, it’s a matter of trying what I want on the first
take and if Steve likes it, he’s got it, and if he doesn’t, you’ve got another take.”
Lutz found the fast shooting pace energizing as well and said he enjoyed playing a complex,
dogged character like second generation CIA agent Harry Turner. “Harry is very intelligent and he’s very
fit and he’s very determined,” said Lutz. “And he doesn’t let any sort of failure affect or prevent or keep
him from succeeding.”
Lutz admits it was cool that his onscreen secret agent-spy dad Leonard just happens to be played
by Bruce Willis, one of the screen’s most famous action heroes.
“This was a cool role for me because I enjoy doing my own stunts whenever I can,” said Lutz.
“You’ll see in the movie, Harry’s well-equipped with a great brain as an analyst, well-honed fighting skills,
and a tough exterior where he’s not going to take ‘no’ for an answer.”
When Harry’s boss orders Agent Higgins (Dan Bilzerian) to escort Agent Turner to his apartment
and see that he stays there, Harry cuts the trip short – fighting his way free of four agents and jumping
out of the van, to go find his father.
“Kellan is a movie star,” said Miller. “When I see him on screen, the way he carries himself and
moves -- he has that type of swagger that Bruce Willis has. For me, that movie star quality is rare.”
Early on, Miller said he and Lutz talked about stunt work and the additional physical and time
demands working with the stunt team required. “It was important to me and Kellan to be on screen
doing the action himself,” said Miller. “Kellan was great about that. He wanted to do that too and I think
it shows how disciplined and dedicated he is.”
The 6’1” Lutz says he enjoys character roles that are physical and offer the opportunity to do
some onscreen stunt work and expand his skill set. Most recently, Lutz co-starred alongside a virtual
pantheon of onscreen action heroes in The Expendables 3, and underwent months of rigorous physical
training to portray the world’s strongest man as the titular character in, The Legend of Hercules. Lutz
said he learned some new skills working with stunt coordinator Simon Rhee and the 87Eleven stunt guys.
“I have a good knowledge of Muay Thai and Brazilian Jui Jitsu and we did training in both of
those and judo,” said Lutz. “Whenever I’m home, I can pop in there and learn new things. That only
betters my craft. It helps to know Jason Statham works out there as well. It’s a good place if Jason’s
there.”
Lutz also credit years of dancing with helping him to break down and learn a fight quickly. “I
have a really good memory and I like choreography, which comes from dancing and being able to know
the beats in your head,” he said. “That’s how you get the fight down in your head.”
Actor and stuntman Dan Bilzerian (Lone Survivor, Olympus Has Fallen) portrays Agent Higgins,
the agent tasked with minding Harry witnessed first-hand Lutz’s transformation from desk jockey to asskicking agent, while filming their fight scene in the van when Harry escapes from the agency.
“Kellan works out and he’s not scared to get his hands dirty,” said Bilzerian. “Obviously, he’s an
actor not a stunt man, but he’s a strong, capable, skilled guy and he can do his own stunt work. He’s
playing a Jason Bourne-type of character where he ends up taking out a van full of CIA field agents, and
then beating up a bunch of bikers, but he’s got the strongest motivation there is – he wants to save his
dad. Kellan was a really great fit for that character.”
“I want fights in a film to look realistic and the fight scenes in EXTRACTION were very realistic,
really cool,” Bilzerian said. “Kellan was a champ. At one point, he took fall after fall on to the concrete
and didn’t say a word about it. Not once. You can see he works hard and is serious about his craft, but
he’s also a lot of fun, a good guy.”
With the help of stunt coordinator Rhee, Lutz did his own stunt work for his first knife fight. “I’d
never really done a knife fight before, and we got to do a really great one,” he said. “It’s just quick shots
and cuts --take a knife, slice, come back, go head shot, back to hand with knife, go wide – and it looked
fast. And that’s because Simon, who’s from the movie The Best of the Best, which is one of the best
action fight movies out there, was our stunt coordinator.”
Miller wanted EXTRACTION to have a “gritty urban look” with authentic-looking mano-a-mano
fights captured on camera in real time with the real actors, so it helped tremendously that many of the
principal actors are former athletes and stunt performers—actress Carano, a former Women’s MMA
champion and internationally ranked Muay Thai champion; actor and stuntman Bilzerian, who trained as
a Navy SEAL; Joshua Mikel, whose done stunts for films and TV series.
“We looked at a lot of films so we’d have the same points of reference for what we wanted to
do,” said Miller. “We wanted that raw realism of The Fight Club with a mix of the color palette from
Nightcrawler. The Bourne films were influential that way. We wanted action scenes that felt real and
were filmed in real time, so there’s no slow motion. We didn’t want to do anything that took you out of
the moment, or out of the movie action.”
For Miller that included using found objects in the fights, “If you’re in the bathroom, and there’s a
soap dispenser, you grab it, if you’re near a stall door, you slam it,” he said “I’m a fan of using everyday
items in fights. Those types of fights are the most exciting to me. Simon was able to pull all that
together and incorporate it into the fight choreography, ninety percent of which was created by Simon
and the stunt team on set at the location.
Miller says while screenwriters Umair Aleem and Max Adams did a great job writing key details to
parts of the fights, but action in a screenplay is usually just an outline. “The script says: ‘Harry kicks
ass.’ So, you’ve got to sit down and figure out the details of exactly what that ass-kicker’s doing. Simon
and his team are the best at doing that.”
After Harry goes rogue in the search for his father, the CIA dispatches a team of field operatives
including Harry’s ex, Agent Victoria Phair, portrayed by actress Gina Carano.
“Victoria is one of my most favorite characters that I’ve ever played,” said Carano, who recent
films include the Warner Bros.’s Deadpool, and the blockbuster, The Fast & Furious 6. “When I read it, I
thought: ‘Yes! Finally somebody’s giving me a character with some personality, who’s more developed
than others I’ve played.’ Victoria is the ‘ex’-slash-love interest of Harry played by Kellan Lutz.
She’s an
accomplished field agent, smart, who knows how to handle herself. But it’s that ex-factor, being caught
up again with an ex-lover, which so many people can relate to, that makes this character complicated
and fun. . It’s been a blast.”
Widely considered the original face of Women’s Mixed Martial Arts, Carano gets some onscreen
action time in EXTRACTION, using her martial arts skills to quickly dispense bad guys and obstacles with
precision and speed. Currently ranked as the third best female fighter in the world with a 7-1 record,
Carano left fighting years ago, but still enjoys doing stunt work.
“I love Gina,” said Miller. “She’s probably one of the sweetest people I’ve ever met, yet she can
kick some serious ass. Gina’s a study in contrasts. She’s a tough, determined and skilled athlete who has
such a sweetness and innocence about her. She brings such a joy and excitement to her work and
learning her craft, it’s infectious. You can’t help but fall in love with her.”
Carano, who worked previously with the Emmett-Furla team on the action ensemble Heist, said
she was in en route to Los Angeles, California to pack some things and head up to the Bay Area for a few
weeks of training and meditation, but changed her plans immediately when she got the call about
Victoria Phair in EXTRACTION.”
“They said they were starting in six days, and I had no hesitation, said ‘Yes!’ automatically,
figuring I would now go back to L.A., get my stuff together and leave for Mobile instead of San
Francisco,” said Carano. “There was not even a question in my mind. I love the character. I’ve worked
with this crew and many of the actors before. I knew these people and I loved the experience. I crave
more of this kind of filmmaking experience.”
Turns out Victoria and Harry’s relationship ended when work took them to different sides of the
world -- Victoria was accepted as a field operative in the clandestine service program, and
Harry moved overseas to Prague as an analyst in its Eastern European offices. Thrown back together and
working against a ticking clock, it’s not long before that spark of attraction between Victoria and Harry is
ignited – if it were extinguished in the first place.
“I really enjoyed the chemistry between the characters,” said Carano. “With that ex-thing, you’re
still kind of attracted to the other person, but they irritate you and make you upset. You love them and
you hate them at the same time, and that’s a lot of fun to play. Kellan is such a positive person and
positive force. He made that process even more fun. I really enjoy what I’m doing now at this point in
my career and this one takes the cake. It’s the best experience. I didn’t know what it would be like with
Kellan, but I think our energies are really fun mixed in with each other.”
According to Lutz, the “ex-factor” conflicts between Victoria and Harry are further intensified by
the classic push me-pull-you of their opposites-attract dynamic.
“Harry is very much a do what he wants, how he feels guy. He’s very smart, and spontaneous.
He is an analyst with a quick mind,” said Lutz. “He’s worked hard for a long time and is athletic and
strong and has the skills and weapons of an untrained field agent who just never made it. Victoria
became a field agent and she’s a straight-shooting professional who does everything by-the-book.”
“I think seeing Victoria again Harry realizes he’s still very attracted to her and she feels the same
way,” Lutz said. “So, the back and forth, the banter between our characters is ongoing, very real, very
fun, playful and energetic, which I hope audiences will really get a kick out of.”
Carano admits the scene with Willis was memorable because it was both one of her most
emotional scenes and also “one of those fantasies-come-true-moments,” professionally and personally.
“Here I am, in a very serious scene, trying to shame Bruce Willis’s character while hand-cuffed to
a pipe wearing this little skimpy dress,” she said. “Did I mention I’m all tied up in a little tight dress, and
I need rescuing and in comes action movie hero Bruce Willis?” She adds, laughing.
EXTRACTION was filmed entirely in Mobile, Alabama. For the first nine days of shooting, the
production base was the former Armstrong Tile Plant on Baker Street. The huge abandoned factory a
few miles out of the city center served as a versatile backdrop where Miller, Cox, Rhee, production
designer Nate Jones and their team transformed dark empty spaces inside the cavernous factory into
several sets and locations including: the hotel basement where Leonard kills Dimitri after his cover’s
blown; the bathroom of The Lodge nightclub where Harry fights an assassin; and, the boxing gym, Jui
Jitsu academy, pistol qualification course and indoor shooting range where Harry trains.
The scenes at the steel mill during the film’s climatic final sequences were also filmed inside and
outside the Armstrong plant, including when Harry-Robertson car chase and crash, in which both actors
did much of their own driving.
EXTRACTION moved back to downtown Mobile at the end of February, setting up its base along
the 400 block of St. Anthony Street, close to the film’s production offices and lodging. Scenes set in the
CIA’s Eastern European branch offices in Prague were shot on the eighth floor of the Riverview Plaza
Hotel on South Royal Street.
Robertson’s office at Langley and the Situation Room in Prague were
actually adjacent to one another and part of the art, wardrobe and transportation offices on Dauphin
Street between Royal and Water Streets.
Bri’s Apartment, where Victoria gets some club clothes to wear to The Lodge, is a private
residence in the 400 block of Dauphin St. and the interiors of The Lodge Nightclub where Harry and
Victoria find Drake were filmed in the Skyview Bar on the top floor of the Holiday Inn on Government
Street in downtown Mobile. The Blind Mule on North Claiborne Street is the bar where the production
filmed Robertson getting Leonard’s call about his family being in danger, and a private residence in the
200 block of Adams Street doubled for the Turner’s home Robertson rushes to, saving Harry.
The
production filmed in the garage at the Convention Center, which also doubled for the interior of the
Newark Airport Terminal, and blew up Drake’s car near the intersection of Conti and South Hamilton
Streets.
ABOUT THE CAST
KELLAN LUTZ (Harry Turner) has emerged as one of the industry’s most sought-after leading
men with starring roles in several films yet to be released, including: the recently completed postapocalyptic sci-fi flick, SFv1; the action-filled Adi Shankar’s Gods and Secrets; and the thrillers Money and
The Feud. On television, Lutz can currently be seen hosting the action stunt game show, BULLSEYE for
the FOX Network.
Since his breakout role as Emmett Cullen in the international blockbuster phenomenon, The
Twilight Saga films series, Lutz has been a busy actor with roles in independent films like Experimenter
and blockbusters such as The Expendables 3 and The Legend of Hercules. His other film credits include:
Syrup; Java Heat; Tarzan; Love, Wedding, Marriage; Immortals; Arena; A Nightmare on Elm Street;
Meskada; Prom Night; Deep Winter; and The Tribe.
Born and raised in Dickinson, North Dakota, Lutz decided to head to Hollywood after high school
graduation, and was fortunate to land work as an actor and model almost immediately after arriving a
decade ago. In 2005, Lutz began his acting career as a series regular on HBO’s “The Comeback” with
Lisa Kudrow.
He has appeared on the series “Valley Peaks”, “Heroes”, and, “Summerland.” From 2008-
2009, he had a recurring role playing the arrogant jock George Evans on the CW spinoff series “90210”
and co-starred in the 2008 Emmy® Award-winning HBO® mini-series, “Generation Kill.”
In addition to acting, Lutz also landed several high profile modeling campaigns, including the
coveted job as the cover boy of “Abercrombie & Fitch’s Summer Catalogue 2004” and also appeared in a
Levi’s® Jean ad campaign. Lutz was also the face of the Calvin Klein X Underwear campaign.
When not acting, Lutz gives his time to three charities: PETA, the Royal Family Kids’ Camp
(RFKC), and the St. Bernard Project. The RFKC is a nationwide network of over 180 summer camps in 40
states and five foreign countries for abused and abandoned children. With the St. Bernard Project in
Louisiana, Lutz fundraises and contributes his time on-site, helping to build new homes in a community
that was devastated by Hurricane Katrina.
Lutz is also an inventor – and in 2015 has patented two inventions and is waiting for the
prototype to be created.
BRUCE WILLIS (Leonard Turner) is a two-time Emmy® Award winner and Golden Globe®
Award winner who made his New York stage debut in the Off-Broadway production of Heaven and Earth.
Other New York stage credits include Sam Shepard’s Fool for Love and Dennis Watlington’s Bullpen. Willis
won critical acclaim and multiple awards for his performance on the hit television series Moonlighting. His
extensive and diverse film career includes acclaimed performances in films such as Quentin Tarantino’s
Pulp Fiction (Palme d’Or winner), Robert Benton’s Nobody’s Fool, Terry Gilliam’s 12 Monkeys, Norman
Jewison’s In Country, M. Night Shyamalan’s Oscar®-nominated The Sixth Sense (People’s Choice Award
winner), Robert Schwentke’s Red, Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom (Independent Film Award
nomination), Rian Johnson’s Looper and his signature role, Detective John McClane in the Die Hard
pentalogy.
GINA CARANO (Victoria Phair) is an actress, former Women’s Mixed Martial Arts trailblazer and
Muay Thai champion, whose talent, natural beauty and athleticism have led to starring roles in box-office
blockbusters and acclaimed independent films.
Carano will soon be seen as “Angel Dust” in Warner Bros.’ upcoming Deadpool (with Ryan
Reynolds) as well as the remake of the martial arts classic, Kickboxer: Vengeance, opposite Heist co-star
David Bautista, and the sci-fi thriller Sergeant X (formerly The Opium Wars). In the last four years,
Carano has become an in-demand actress, with roles in the blockbuster The Fast & the Furious 6, the
crime thriller In the Blood, and the action film, Extraction. Her other film credits include Blood & Bones
and American Gladiators.
Long before Carano ever considered an acting career, she inspired an Oscar ®-winning filmmaker
to write a role for her and was the star of the Oxygen reality series, Ring Girls, which followed Carano
and her Muay Thai trainer Master Toddy as she trained and competed to become the first American
woman to win a Muay Thai title in Thailand (12-1-1 record). About four years later, after watching
Carano in the first StrikeForce Women’s Lightweight Championship (which was televised nationally on
Showtime), Academy Award®-winning writer-director Steven Soderbergh met Carano and created the
lead character Mallory Kane in the film Haywire for her.
With a supporting cast including Ewan
McGregor, Michael Fassbender, Michael Douglas and Antonio Banderas, Carano made her big screen
debut in 2011.
Born in Dallas, Texas, Carano was the middle of three daughters to Dana Joy (Cason) and Glenn
Carano, a former Dallas Cowboys quarterback. A natural athlete and self-described “tomboy” Carano
studied gymnastics, jazz, tap, ballet, rode horses, and wrestled. She and her sisters were star athletes in
high school, excelling on the volleyball, softball and basketball teams at Trinity Christian High School in
Las Vegas. Carano attended the University of Nevada, Reno and the University of Nevada at Las Vegas
where she majored in Psychology. Widely considered the original face of Women’s MMA, participating in
the first ever sanctioned MMA bout in Nevada and is currently ranked as the third best female fighter in
the world with 7 wins and 1 loss.
D.B. SWEENEY (Ken Robertson) has starred in dozens of films including the The Cutting Edge,
Gardens of Stone, Memphis Belle, and No Man’s Land. His performances as Dish Boggett in the epic,
award-winning miniseries, “Lonesome Dove”, as Shoeless Joe Jackson in the baseball classic, Eight Men
Out, and as alien abductee Travis Walton in Fire in the Sky, are among many that have made Sweeney a
familiar face to audiences. He will next be seen in the action heist film Heist with Robert De Niro, and as
the mayor of Chicago in Spike Lee’s Chiraq.
In 2006, Sweeney produced, directed and co-wrote the film Two Tickets to Paradise, which
screened at the Cannes Film Festival and went on to win more than a dozen awards at film festivals.
The talented actor and filmmaker has voiced characters for films such as Brother Bear (2003) and
Dinosaur (2000) as well as the animated television series, “The Legend of Korra”, does promos for A&E
and NFL Networks, narrates the History Channel series, “Mountain Men”, and has been the voice of the
Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN), since its inception four years ago.
Sweeney has starred in “Strange Luck” and “Harsh Realm” for FOX as well as “C-16” and “Life As
We Know It” for ABC. He’s also had recurring roles on many hit shows including: “Two and a Half Men”,
“The Event”, “Criminal Minds”, “Crash”, “Jericho” and “24”.
DAN BILZERIAN (Agent Higgins) is an actor and a Navy SEAL-trained stuntman who has
appeared in the films Lone Survivor, Olympus Has Fallen, The Equalizer, and The Other Woman. Born
and raised in Tampa, Florida, Higgins studied business and criminology at the University of Florida before
moving to Los Angeles where he invested in real estate, oil and entertainment companies. Bilzerian is
also a race car driver and high-stakes poker player who splits his time between Las Vegas and Los
Angeles.
LYDIA HULL (Kris) recently completed the upcoming films Heist and Precious Cargo.
The
former model-turned-actress has appeared in the films Vice, Escape Plan, Frozen Ground, Empire State,
Broken City, Fire with Fire, The Tomb, White Air and Van Wilder: Party Liaison. Hull’s television credits
include the series “Castle” and the role of Lily Maddox in the syndicated action drama about firefighters,
“SAF 3”.
After winning a Seventeen magazine cover model contest at age 15, Hull launched a career in
modeling, eventually moving to Los Angeles, California to pursue acting after graduating high school. In
addition to acting, Hull studied apparel and textile marketing at Kansas State University, and earned a
degree in jewelry design from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles.
ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS
STEVEN C. MILLER (Director) is a writer, director, and editor who recently completed directing
the action film Marauders, his second film collaboration with award-winning actor Bruce Willis; the
psychological-action-thriller Submerged, with Cody Christian, Denzel Whitaker and Mario Van Peebles;
and, is currently preparing to direct his next feature, The Feud. The busy young filmmaker has written,
directed and edited more than a half-dozen films in the last couple of years, distinguishing himself for his
unique blend of action and horror. His recent feature films include the comedy horror film Silent Night,
the popular festival film, Under the Bed, and the action-horror film The Aggression Scale at the South by
Southwest Film Festival.
Born in Decatur, Georgia, Miller began making short films and music videos after his father
bought him a VHS video camera. After graduating from film school at Full Sail University in Florida in
2005, Miller headed to Hollywood. Within a couple of weeks, Miller and a couple of friends, including
executive producer Adam Goldworm, raised enough money to fund Miller’s feature film debut, Automaton
Transfusion. Miller was the writer, director and editor of the cult film, which he shot in nine days for less
than $30,000. It was acquired by Dimension Films after its debut at 2007 ScreamFest horror festival.
MAX ADAMS (Co-Screenwriter) – co-wrote the upcoming action thriller Heist, and recently
completed writing and directing the film Precious Cargo, starring Bruce Willis, Claire Forlani, and MarkPaul Gosselaar, which is based on his 2008 short of the same name. As a screenwriter, Adams’s credits
include the recently announce screen adaptation of House To House, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. David Bellavia’s
war memoir about the Second Battle of Fallujah for Universal and Imagine, and an adaptation of Ridley
Pearson’s novel The Risk Agent, a China-set thriller from a series of books, for Vince Vaughn and
Universal.
Born in Camp Pendleton, California, Adams began his love affair with movies as a child,
developing an encyclopedic knowledge of cinema. When Adams enlisted in the Army after graduating
high school, he brought his love of film (and extensive DVD collection) with him, and often entertained
his fellow soldiers by quoting movie lines and monologues from films such as Rambo, Patton, Heartbreak
Ridge and The Karate Kid.
During one such performance two years into his service, Adams’s ability to memorize and recite
long passages impressed one of his commanding officers, and soon the M-3 Gustav gunner and team
leader in the 1st Ranger Battalion found himself on his way to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point,
New York. While a cadet at West Point, Adams became well-known for his knowledge of film, organizing
movie nights, and making short films, such as the spoof Temptation Barracks, to make his fellow cadets
laugh.
After graduating as a Second Lieutenant in June 2001, Adams became an officer in the
3rd Infantry Division, and upon his deployment to Iraq, where he took part in the initial ground invasion,
Adams was assigned as commander of his battalion’s Quick Reaction Force.
Following his honorable discharge from the Army in 2006, Adams studied film production at
Florida State University, receiving a Masters of Fine Arts degree in 2008. He began his career writing and
directing short films such as Paternity Test (which he also edited), Precious Cargo (which was his MFA
Florida State thesis) and Saint Nick. He also worked as the cinematographer and editor on the
shorts, Harvest Moon and Exposure.
Adams also worked as a writer’s production assistant and personal video playback assistant to
filmmaker Martin Scorsese for the pilot episode of the critically acclaimed HBO ® series “Boardwalk
Empire”. Adams continued to work on the series as a camera assistant for episodes 2-12, and credits its
award-winning creator, writer-producer Terence Winter (“The Sopranos”) and writer-director-executive
producer Timothy Van Patten mentors.
CREDITS
LIONSGATE PREMIERE
GRINDSTONE ENTERTAINMENT GROUP and
EMMETT FURLA OASIS FILMS
Present
In Association with
THE FYZZ FACILITY
An
EMMETT FURLA OASIS FILMS
Production
In Association with
TWIRLY FILMS LIMITED
In Association with
APERTURE ENTERTAINMENT
KELLAN LUTZ
BRUCE WILLIS
GINA CARANO
D.B. SWEENEY
DAN BILZERIAN
OLGA VALENTINA
LYDIA HULL
TYLER J. OLSON
Casting by
ANNE McCARTHY and
KELLIE ROY
Music Supervisor
MIKE BURNS
Music by
RYAN DODSON
Line Producer
WILLIAM B. STEAKLEY
Costume Designer
BONNIE STAUCH
Editor
VINCENT TABAILLON
Production Designer
NATE JONES
Director of Photography
BRANDON COX
Co-Producers
TIM SULLIVAN
ANTHONY CALLIE
MAX ADAMS
Co-Executive Producers
ARNAUD LANNIC
CHRISTOPHE LANNIC
RYAN BLACK
Executive Producers
WAYNE MARC GODFREY
ROBERT JONES
DAVID GILBERY
Executive Producers
BARRY BROOKER
STAN WERTLIEB
Executive Producer
MARTIN BLENCOWE
Executive Producers
KIRK SHAW
ANTHONY JABRE
VANCE OWEN
Executive Producers
STEVEN SAXTON
TED FOX
COREY LARGE
Produced by
RANDALL EMMETT, p.g.a.
GEORGE FURLA, p.g.a.
Produced by
MARK STEWART
ADAM GOLDWORM, p.g.a.
Written by
UMAIR ALEEM and
MAX ADAMS
Directed by
STEVEN C. MILLER
Unit Production Manager
First Assistant Director
Second Assistant Director
MARY C. RUSSELL
JONATHAN SOUTHARD
KARLA STRUM
Cast
Leonard
Harry
Victoria
BRUCE WILLIS
KELLAN LUTZ
GINA CARANO
Robertson
Drake
Sitterson
Higgins
Agent Stevens
Dmitri
Purvis
Ivan
Kris
Darryl
Sean
Vinn
Sally
Young Harry
Aide John
Scott
Biker Bartender
Mandi
Sarah
Katya
Jack
Vanessa
Jessica
Steve
Denise
DJ
Stephanie
Trisha
Frank
Stunt Coordinator
Leonard Double
Harry Doubles
Victoria Double
Robertson Double
Kris Double
Agent #1
Agent #2
Biker #1
Biker #2
Biker #3
Biker #4
Bodyguard #1
Bodyguard #2
Bodyguard #3
Drake Security #1
Drake Security #2
Drake Security #3
Ivans Men #1
Ivans Men #2
Jiu-Jitsu Instructor
Kate's Assassin
Lodge Assassin
Steel Mill Guard #1
Steel Mill Guard #2
Steel Mill Guard #3
Steel Mill Guard #4
Steel Mill Guard #6
D.B. SWEENEY
JOSHUA MIKEL
STEVE COULTER
DAN BILZERIAN
HEATHER JOHANSEN
ROMAN MITICHYAN
CHRISTOPHER ROB BOWEN
ROB STEINBERG
LYDIA HULL
TYLER J. OLSON
DAVID GORDON
NICK LOEB
SIERRA LOVE
NATHAN VARNSON
RICHARD CHANCE
JOHN DAUER
NIKKI BREANNE WELLS
NICOLE GOMEZ
LINDA LIND
OLGA VALENTINA
JEFFERY PATTERSON
SYDNEY FINE
JILLIAN SHEEN
JACQUES L. DEVORE
SUMMER ALTICE
HWAN TRAN
LINDSEY PELAS
JENNA KELLY
MARTIN BLENCOWE
Stunts
SIMON RHEE
LEX GEDDINGS
JOHN BERNECKER
TED BARBA
MEREDITH RICHARDSON
KEVIN BEARD
MEREDITH RICHARDSON
EDDIE MATTHEWS
AARON MATTHEWS
QUINN EARLY
SAM MEDINA
MICHAEL DAWSON
DAN NORRIS
MIKE YAHN
YAN DRON
LUKE HAWX
JC LEUYER
RONN SURELS
STEVE KIM
CARL NESPOLI
GREG REMENTER
SIMON RHEE
TED BARBA
ILRAM CHOI
GEORGE QUINONES
ERIC VANARSDALE
MARK HICKS
STEPHEN CONROY
JOHN BERNECKER
Big Guard
THOMAS CANESTRARO
Post Production Supervisors
MICHAEL J. URANN
BEAU J. GENOT
Music Consultant
ASHLEY WALDRON
Production
Production Coordinator
Assistant Production Coordinator
Travel Coordinator
Production Secretary
Production Assistant
Office Intern
Second Second Assistant Director
“A” Camera Operator/
Steadicam Operator
“A” Camera 1st Assistant
“A” Camera 2nd Assistant
“B” Camera 1st Assistant
“B” Camera 2nd Assistant
Digital Utility
Script Supervisor
Unit Publicist
Still Photographer
Sound Mixer
Boom Operator
Sound Utility
Gaffer
Best Boy Electrician
Set Electrics
Day Player Electrics
Key Grip
Best Boy Grip
Dolly Grip
Grips
Day Player Grips
Production Accountant
1st Assistant Accountant
Payroll Accountant
Accounting Clerks
Location Manager
Assistant Location Manager
Location Production Assistant
Day Player Location Production Assistant
Casting Associate
Local Casting Director
Extras Casting Director
Set Decorator
Leadman
IAN NAVRAN
ANDREW LITTLE
JENNIFER C. WILBERT
KELI MAZZA
JAMES BURKE
CODY CLARK
MAGGIE BALLARD
NICK DAVIDOFF
TOM FITZGERALD
GEOFFREY WATERS
WADE WHITLEY
TIMOTHY DIXON
NATHANIEL NUON
NICK DIROSA
JEAN MARIE MURPHY
SAM EMERSON
B.J. LEHN
JEFF BLEHR
ADAM TAYLOR
RICHARD RAMMEE
CHRIS MURRAY
LYLE WESTON
GLEN FENDLEY
BERNIE SAWYER
JACOB SNIDER
KEITH TIPPIT
JAMES SELPH
SCOTT HILLMAN
MICHAEL BONSIGNORE
SODRIC S. DIRA
TOMMY ARMSTRONG
ALEX WATERS
ROAM CORVIN
WILLIAM ISHERWOOD
SUSAN J. BONNO-BUCKNER
BERNADETTE VALER
CYNTHIA CABRERA
JENNIFER BENDER
TRAVIS ANSON TAYLOR
JOSHUA CANE
MATT BANFIELD
KYLE BUCHER
ALEX WATERS
MORGAN ROBBINS
LISA MARIE DUPREE
GOLEMAN CASTING
BRAD JOHNSON
MICHAEL HENDRICKS
On Set Dresser
Swing
Day Player Swing
Art Director
Art Department Production Assistant
Property Master/Armourer
Assistant Property Master
Special Effects Coordinator
Set Foreman
Pyro Foreman
Technicians
Key Costumer
1st Set Costumer
Costumer
Day Player Costumers
Head Makeup Artist
Make-Up Artist
Day Player Make-Up Artist
Head Hair Stylist
Hair Stylist
Day Player Hair Stylists
Transportation Coordinator
Transportation Captain
Generator Operator
Honeywagon/Basecamp Genny
Drivers
Script Clearance
Catering Provided By
Executive Chef
Assistant Chefs
Key Craft Service
Craft Service Utility
Day Player Craft Utility
Set Medic Coordinator
Set Medic
Key Set Production Assistant
Production Assistants
Day Player Production Assistant
ZACH DEPOLO
ABBY TAYLOR
JT CLARK
JOSH JONES
JOEL SAPPINGTON
AMANDA YOUNGBLOOD
JOHN REZNER
JAMES ADDISON
MICHELLE JONES
ANNIE RHODES
SCOTT NIFONG
TAYELOR NIFONG
KEN GORRELL
JAMES CARTER
WES PERRY
SKYLAR GORRELL
TOMMY BADGER
STEPHANIE FOWLER
RACHEL STRINGFELLOW
LILLIAN McKINNEY
MELISSA JOHNSON
JOHN McDONALD
APRIL HOPKINS
TIFFANIE HUDSON
STACY LOCKHART
CARRIE SIMS
LAUREN KELLEY
LAUREN HOLMQUIST
MITCH CARTER
TARA MAY
WENDELL CARTER
OSCAR BEGUIRISTAIN
JESSE BRAGGS
JACK PRINCE
MYKEL SANCHEZ
JAMES OWENS
DERRIC D. BURRELL
VICTORY J. COX
KAYLON DAMZIO
MACK TAITE
KENNETH LEWIS
TORRE BRAGGS
MIKE BANES
JOAN PEARCE RESEARCH
AMERICAN ROADSHOW CATERING
SEAN LYNN
JESUS ORTIZ
TEMO PAZ ORTIZ
CHRIS WITHERS
KIM WILLIAMS
MICHAEL MOSS
JEREMY MORRIS
STONEY WEAVER
TOMMY GEBHART
REID COLE
JASON SAUCIER
MICHAEL BENNETT SMITH
ALI BARNES
TYLER WEATHERBEE
JAAN CHILDS
Assistants To Producers
ALEX ECKERT
DERRICK RODGERS
HEATHER RODGERS
KIRK BLACKMON
Assistant To Mr. Willis
Assistant To Mr. Lutz
For Emmett Furla Oasis
Physical Production
TONY CALLIE
Chief Financial Officer
CAESAR RICHBOW
EVP Business Affairs
MARTY BARAB
Post Production
Assistant Editor
JONATHAN TAYLOR
Post Production Accountant
JERROLD W. LAMBERT
DI Producers
DI Colorist
Digital Intermediate Provided by
TUNNEL POST
ALAN PAO
HEATHER TOLL
SEBASTIAN PEREZ-BURCHARD
DI Editors
J.D. MOORE
TAYLOR MAHONY
VFX Artist
WANYAN ZHU
Audio Post Services Provided by
JUNIPER POST
Sound Supervisor
Supervising Sound Editor/ Dialogue Editor
ADR Recordist/Editor
Sound Effects Editors
Foley
Re-recording Mixer
Sound Coordinator
Music Editor
Additional ADR (Atlanta)
ADR Recordist
Additional ADR (Chicago)
ADR Recordists
Additional ADR (Los Angeles)
ADR Mixer
ADR Recordist
Loop Group
DAVID KITCHENS, M.P.S.E.
DAVID BARBER, M.P.S.E., CAS
GONZALO “BINO” ESPINOZA
DAVID BARBER, M.P.S.E.
CHAD J. HUGHES
GONZALO “BINO” ESPINOZA
DAVID BARBER, M.P.S.E., CAS
JAS PENNINGTON
BEN ZARAI
WHITE DOG STUDIOS
CURT BUSH
BAM STUDIOS
DAVE LEFFEL
SEAN SBARBORI
WILDFIRE STUDIOS
TRAVIS MACKAY
NICHOLAS COCHRAN
THE LOOPING WALLA GROUP
ALEX D'LERMA
ALISON BLANCHARD
DUSTIN COFFEY
DINA SHERMAN
CHRISTOPHER SMITH
JIM MESKIMAN
Visual Effects Provided by
RAIN CORP & ARTEA FILM
Executive Producer
Producer
ANDREA MAROTTI
CARLO TOSI
3D Artists
VITTORIA MARINI
MATTEO TOFFANELLO
GABRIELE NATALI
ALESSANDRO TIBILETTI
MICHELE ZELIOLI
Compositors
Score Composed, Produced, Orchestrated & Mixed By
RYAN DODSON
Music
“When the Levee Holds”
Written and Performed by Ben Zarai
Courtesy of Ben Zarai Music
“Losing Myself ft. Nate Miller”
Written and Produced by Brett Sorrentino
Performed By LOVESYOU
Courtesy of Brett Sorrentino Music
“Party People”
Written and Performed by Ben Zarai
Courtesy of Ben Zarai Music
“The Club”
Written and Performed by Ben Zarai
Courtesy of Ben Zarai Music
"Bassonic"
Written by Shaun O'Brien and Michael Ude
Performed by Ivry King x UDE
Produced by Shaun O'Brien
Courtesy of Chapter Recordings
"Paper"
Written by Shaun O'Brien and Michael Ude
Performed by Ivry King x UDE
Produced by Shaun O'Brien
Courtesy of Chapter Recordings
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TWIRLY FILMS Limited
For Twirly Films
Worldwide Sales by
HANNAH LOVETT
SIMON WILLIAMS
CHARLES AUTY
TED CAWREY
KATIE FITZGERALD-FRAZER
ELEANOR CLARK WINDO
HIGHLAND FILM GROUP
FILMED ON LOCATION IN ALABAMA.
THE PRODUCERS WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE
ALABAMA FILM OFFICE FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE
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Special Thanks to
KATHY FAULK AT THE ALABAMA FILM OFFICE
EVA GOLSON & DIANE HALL AT THE MOBILE FILM OFFICE
LT. BILLIE ROWLAND
AND THE CITY OF MOBILE POLICE DEPARTMENT
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Mr Miller Would Like To Thank The Following
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BONNIE MILLER
VANESSA MILLER
BRIELLE AND ELLIOT
ADAM GOLDWORM
CHARLIE FERRARO
FULL SAIL
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MARK THALMAN
WILLIAM CLEVINGER
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