Domestic terrorism is at the center of director Thomas J. Churchill’s new action thriller, Check Point. The film is finally available on mulitple online via multiple platforms as of Tuesday this week adding to Churchill’s acclaim with titles such as award-winning retro-film noir zombie epic-Lazarus: Apocalypse and eight-time award-winning horror film The Emerging Past Director’s Cut.
Check Point is a very timely film considering all that is going on in the world today. This film is about a sleeper cell terrorist plot that is discovered in a small town where everyone knows one another, or so they thought they did. As justice seems lost, when an insurgent attack threatens to escalate into a full-blown invasion of the US, a team of unlikely heroes must rise up to fight the enemy and protect their beloved country.
The current online platforms releasing the film include iTunes US, Google Play, Xbox, Amazon Instant, Amazon DVD, Vudu (Walmart online), and Playstation. The cable providers are Comcast, Cos, Time Warner Cable, Brighthouse, Verizon Fios, Frontier, Suddenlink, Charter, Mediacom, CenturyLink, Google Play, Dish, DirecTV, and Blockbuster/Sling TV.
“I have written many scripts and produced/directed a few films. But nothing compared to where my mind went with Check Point.” said Churchill. “The idea of Check Point was something that has been with me since 1987. At one time, I wanted to be in the service as my father, uncles, grandfather and even my brother served our country. But I realized that it takes a very special kind of person to wear the uniform and defend their country. At that time in my life, my mind drifted more to the cinema and I wanted to make movies…where people can escape their worries and problems and lose themselves for a bit and get caught up in the world of cinema,”.
Check Point stars an ensemble cast consisting of WWE Universal Champion Bill Goldberg (The Longest Yard), William Forsythe (The Rock, Raising Arizona), Martial Arts Hall of Famer Mel Novak (Bruce Lee’s Game of Death, An Eye For An Eye opposite Chuck Norris), Kane Hodder (Jason Voorhees from Friday the 13th films), Tyler Mane (Michael Myers in Rob Zombie’s Halloween, X-Men), Fred “The Hammer” Williamson (From Dusk Till Dawn, Starsky & Hutch), Former UFC Champion John Lewis (Sons of Anarchy), Krista Grotte (The Rack Pack, The Emerging Past) and Kenny Johnson (Bates Motel, The Shield). This project is also the last film of Ricky Harris (Heat, Dope) before his tragic and unexpected death.
Churchill himself also has TV and film acting credits that include SyFy Network’s hit series Monster Man and Hatanaka Gregory’s Samurai Cop 2: Deadly Vengeance, as well as the upcoming action flick, Syndicate Smasher. His next grab in the director’s chair will be two projects for David M. Parks’ Apothecary Entertainment – action thriller Nation’s Fire with actress Grotte starring, as well as new anthology TV series, Cold Plastic, ​which he also wrote and is directing.
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