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TAKE BACK Review: Sesma’s Latest Fails To Launch For The Next New Action Star

If you follow Michael Jai White on Instagram then you’ve undoubtedly seen his wife Gillian kicking ass on his and her own profile. An actor in her own right, White has appeared everywhere from LL Cool J music videos to popping up in a Tarantino movie to a guest stint on “Days of Our Lives”. Unlike her husband, she hasn’t had a chance to headline her own action flick despite very clearly having the goods both as an actor and martial artist. At least until now. Take Back follows Zara, an attorney played by Gillian White, who lives with husband Brian (Jai White) and step daughter Audrey (Priscilla Walker). Zara finds her idyllic small-town life thrown into disarray after foiling a disturbance at a local coffee shop. After footage of her heroics are leaked to the news she finds herself in the crosshairs of a figure from her mysterious past […]

TAKE BACK: Shout! Debuts The Official U.S. Trailer For Gillian White’s Debut Action Thriller

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Dallas Jackson’s Welcome To Sudden Death lived just short of its potential, although it’s worth noting that one of its higher marks stands with actress Gillian White making her first entry into the screen fighting and action arena to add to her current drama credits. That she now gets to make her full-fledged debut in a lead role for action fans in Shout! Studios’ Take Back is worth singing some praises about at this stage, rejoining husband and action star Michael Jai White who steps up this time in a supporting capacity for the new thriller from Pay Dirt and Vigilante Diaries helmer Christian Sesma. Zara (Gillian White) and Brian (Michael Jai White) are living the perfect small-town life when Zara heroically foils a robbery and becomes headline news. This unwanted notoriety draws elements of Zara’s mysterious past back into her life, putting the lives of her family in danger. […]

TAKE BACK: Don’t Miss The Official Sales Trailer For Gillian White’s Lead Entry Into The Action Arena!

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Screenrant unveiled the official international sales trailer for Christian Sesma‘s new movie, Take Back. Placing actress Gillian White front and center of her action star husband Michael Jai White who co-stars, the film is currently repped in the market circuit by 101 Films who recently sold North American distribution rights to Shout! Factory for a 2021 release. Zara (Gillian White) and Brian (Michael Jai White) are living the perfect small town life when a mysterious stranger from Zara’s secret past kidnaps their daughter and now they must race to save her life. The film also stars Mickey Rourke, Paul Sloan, Jessica Uberuaga and James Russo, and was one of the first independent films to be completed in the US during the Covid-19 pandemic. The trailer above was actually leaked from 101’s official website before hand. Alas, it’s here, at least officially. Enjoy!

TAKE BACK: Multiple Deals For New Action Thriller Starring Gillian White, Michael Jai White And Mickey Rourke

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Actress Gillian White is taking center stage in the new year for her lead debut in action thriller, Take Back. 101 Films International is leading the charge as world sales agent ahead of AFM on the Christian Sesma-directed pic which is currently in post-production, with North American distribution in-bound from Shout! Factory. Zach Berries (Black Magic) wrote the pic with White joined once again by actor and off-screen husband Michael Jai White, after appearing together in Never Back Down: No Surrender, and in Dallas Jackson’s Welcome To Sudden Death. Zara (Gillian White) and Brian (Michael Jai White) are living the perfect small town life when a mysterious stranger from Zara’s secret past kidnaps their daughter and now they must race to save her life. The film also stars Mickey Rourke, Paul Sloan, Jessica Uberuaga and James Russo, and was one of the first independent films to be completed in the […]

THANKS, BABY YODA: Catching Up With PAYDIRT Director Christian Sesma

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We are eight months into what’s been a year of uncertainty for millions of people in various industries around the world. Invariably, movies are far from the exception with theaters forced to close for an indefinite number of months around the world, some of which reopend, though only to close again. It’s a sting felt by many a filmgoer, including independent filmmaker Christian Sesma whose own career now faces mitigating with certain rules and guidelines in order to maintain a safe working environment. Thus, the force was strong with the AWOL 72 and Vigilante Diaries director, as he was fortunate enough to finish one production earlier this year just before the state of California commenced a period of lockdown. That film, Paydirt, is now just days away from its release as of this Friday, and comes with the added benefit of Sesma’s own career prosperity getting to not only work […]

TAKE BACK: ‘Vigilante Diaries’ Director’s Latest Stars Michael Jai White, Gillian White And Mickey Rourke For July Start

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July marks the start of principal photography in California for Take Back, per reports at Screendaily. The film reunites director Christian Sesma with several of his Vigilante Diaries cohorts, inclduing Mike Hatton who will produce via Ton Of Hats. Sesma will direct from a script by Zach Zerries which sees Never Back Down: No Surrender duo Michael Jai White and Gillian White in the respective roles of Sara and Brian, a couple living the perfect small town life when a mysterious stranger from Sara’s secret past kidnaps their daughter and now they must race to save her life. The Whites’, a married couple off-screen, lead a cast that also enlists Mickey Rourke (Nightmare Cinema) and James Russo (A Soldier’s Revenge), and Vigilante Diaries actors Paul Sloan and Jessica Uberuaga. Also producing are Andy Lyon and Michael Walker whose 101 Films label will be representing the pic as one of a […]