Previously known as The Borderland, writer and director Matthew Weschler‘s latest action thriller has since taken on new life with the title, Covert Operation, for North American distribution under Lionsgate/Grindstone. As such, a new poster was also unveiled last month – a bit on the generic side, but we also have a full trailer that keeps things much more promising, featuring lead actor and five time karate champion Seydina Balde in a role that is sure to please the average action fan’s eye.
Gabriel, a bounty hunter trapped in Asia, is promised his freedom in return for one final rescue mission. On his search for the missing British secret service agent named Witaker, Gabriel travels somewhere between the border of China and North Korea, where the mission takes a turn for the worst. Captured and on the brink of torture in a North Korean military stronghold, Gabriel discovers that Witaker and several others are at the same compound, and to win everyone’s freedom he must break out and defeat the North Korean military on his own.
