Marked Men: Rule + Shaw

"Love always leaves a mark."

2025 1h 33m EN

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6.7

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★6.7TMDB · 266

RomanceDrama

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Shaw Landon has loved Rule Archer from the moment she laid eyes on him. Rule, a fiery-tempered rebel tattoo artist, doesn’t have time for a good girl pre-med student like Shaw — even if she’s the only one who can see the person he truly is. She lives by other people’s rules; he makes his own. But a short skirt, too many birthday cocktails, and spilled secrets lead to a night neither can forget. Now, Shaw and Rule must figure out how a girl like her and a guy like him are supposed to be together without destroying their love…or each other.

“Love always leaves a mark.”

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Cast

Chase Stokes
Rule Archer
Sydney Taylor
Shaw Landon
Ella Balinska
Ayden Cross
Evan Mock
Jet Teller
Alexander Ludwig
Rome Archer
Natalie Alyn Lind
Cora Lewis
Matthew Noszka
Nash Donavan
Hannah Kepple
Loren

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Nick Cassavetes
Writers: Sharon Soboil
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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Released last year.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Nick Cassavetes, shot by Kenji Katori. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by George Kallis. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Jim Flynn shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Chase Stokes and Sydney Taylor and Ella Balinska carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Love always leaves a mark.".

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IMDB entry: tt26452781 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Nick Cassavetes directs. Kenji Katori behind the camera. George Kallis scores. Jim Flynn cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Released last year.
2Directed by Nick Cassavetes, shot by Kenji Katori. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by George Kallis. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Jim Flynn shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Chase Stokes and Sydney Taylor and Ella Balinska carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Love always leaves a mark.".
7IMDB entry: tt26452781 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Kenji Katori
Original score: George Kallis
Editing: Jim Flynn
Stunt coordinator: Asen Asenov
Runtime: 93 min · 1h 33m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $826,883
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Marked Men: Rule + Shaw (2025)

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CinemaSerf2025-02-13
★ 5/10
I suppose it’s my own fault but when I saw this I thought it might be a gangster thriller. Nope, it’s about the on-off relationship between tattoo artist “Rule” (Chase Stokes) and his friend “Shaw” (Sydney Taylor). She used to date his brother “Remy” but we quickly learn that he was involved in a car accident with his brother and so now we have our requisite dose of family baggage to explain why “Rule” is a bit of a commitment-phobe. Meantime, she is supposed to be dating millionaire drip “Gabe” (Michael Bradway) to keep her rather wealthy but venal mother sweet, but in the end it’s her bit of rough that she really craves. Can they sort things out and get past his fear of being called her boyfriend? There’s the odd bit of sensitively photographed sex and it does pay slight homage to the artistry of some creative tattooists but for the most part it’s a weakly constructed romantic will they/won’t they drama that didn’t really engage me at all. There is plenty of eye-candy on offer, including from the sparingly used, wooden as a picket fence, Alexander Ludwig as his elder brother “Rome” and Ella Balinska tries to inject a little bit of life into things as her best pal “Ayden” but neither Stokes nor Taylor do anything like enough with the, admittedly pedestrian, script or the story to bring this to life. Quite how it got a general release in the UK is, as Yul Brynner might have said, “a puzzlement “. It looks good and there are a few power ballads to help it along, but it’s really just a mediocre television movie, sorry.

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