Overview

• The 1970s Detroit–set action film debuts in Venice with Toronto up next, marking a festival rollout designed to spur a domestic acquisition.
• The movie features almost no audible dialogue and leans on physical performance, stylized action and a period soundtrack that includes Bill Withers, Fleetwood Mac and Donna Summer.
• Jack White consulted on the music, with Variety noting his on-screen appearance as a musician during a dialogue-free restaurant scene.
• Alan Ritchson leads the cast with Shailene Woodley, Ben Foster and Pablo Schreiber, though Ritchson is missing the Venice bow due to Reacher commitments and is aiming to attend in Toronto.
• Directed by Potsy Ponciroli from Chad St. John’s Black List script, the $30 million indie overcame a late foreign financing collapse that forced a move to New Jersey and a shoot reduction from 37 to 28 days, with Black Bear handling international sales and WME Independent and Range Select overseeing U.S.