LIGHTS OUT: Frank Grillo Knuckles Up For The New Action Thriller Coming In February
Director Christian Sesma kicked loads of ass in the Ryan Kwanten-led Section 8, featuring scores of action sequences by Luke Lafontaine and featuring the screen stylings of Scott Adkins. Alas, I did tell Sesma recently I’d definitely get on board with his latest, Lights Out, which now sees Sesma rejoining with select cast members of his prior thriller along with leading actors Frank Grillo, Mekhi Phifer and Jaimie King.
A homeless veteran, Michael “Duffy” Duffield (Grillo), is always on the move, until he meets a talkative Ex-Con, Max Bomer (Phifer). Max notices Duffy’s skills after he gets into a bar fight and offers him a well-paying job. Duffy agrees and discovers that the “job” is competing in underground fight clubs. The pair make a ton of money on the first fight and decide to travel to LA so Duffy can atone for his past and Max can pay back a crime boss, Sage Parker (Mulroney). They stay with Rachel, Max’s sister, and Duffy quickly forms a connection with her. Duffy enters Sage’s fight club and eventually wins, but it leads to unwanted attention. Duffy gets tied up in the crime world and offered jobs he can’t refuse, including one with Sage’s partner and Police officer, Ellen Ridgway. The deeper he goes in this world, the more deadly it gets. Duffy is a skilled fighter, but will he and Max make it out alive?
Also starring are Dermot Mulroney, Amaury Nolasco, Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone, Erica Peeples, Juju Chan Szeto, and Kevin Gage from a script by Chad Law and Garry Charles. Head over to Collider to watch their exclusive trailer ahead of its February 16 theatrical and digital release from Quiver.
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