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• Thriller
• Crime/detective

• 2022
• Abi Damaris Corbin
• 103 mins
• 15

Summary

A Marine war veteran faces mental and emotional challenges when he tries to reintegrate into civilian life. Faced with financial ruin, he takes bank workers hostage to get his outstanding payments. Crime thriller, starring John Boyega, Michael K Williams and Selenis Leyva

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Mark Williams

In 2017, Iraq war veteran Brian Brown-Easley, desperate to receive an overdue welfare payment, entered an Atlanta bank carrying what he said was a bomb. After politely ushering out the other customers, he took two women cashiers hostage, and events soon spiralled into a national media frenzy. John Boyega plays Brown-Easley in this powerful dramatisation of events, which finds him up against a plainly racist and trigger-happy local police force, tempered only by the arrival of the lead negotiator, a fellow ex-marine (Michael K Williams). With her impressive feature debut, director Abi Damaris Corbin makes skilful use of flashbacks to recount Brown-Easley's shoddy treatment by authorities, inducing our sympathies as the tension continues to build. Boyega gives a compelling performance in the lead, commanding our attention all the way up to what we already know will be a tragic ending.

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6.3/10

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Cast

rolenameBrian Brown-EasleyJohn BoyegaEstel ValerieNicole BeharieRosa DiazSelenis LeyvaEli BernardMichael Kenneth WilliamsLisa LarsonConnie BrittonMajor RiddickJeffrey DonovanCassandra Brown-EasleyOlivia Washington

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rolenameDirectorAbi Damaris Corbin

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English

Guidance

Violence, swearing

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Colour

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