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MONEY
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Shot for just $1.3M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
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The Enforcer
"Some guardians aren't angels."
2022 1h 31m EN
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7.0
SOLID
★7.0TMDB · 532
ActionCrimeDrama
Synopsis
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A noir thriller set in Miami, the film follows an enforcer who discovers his femme fatale boss has branched out into cyber sex trafficking, putting a young runaway he’s befriended at risk. He sacrifices everything to save the young girl from the deadly organization he’s spent his life building.
“Some guardians aren't angels.”
Cast
Antonio Banderas
Cuda
Kate Bosworth
Estelle
Mojean Aria
Stray
Alexis Ren
Lexus
Zolee Griggs
Billie
2 Chainz
Freddie
Aaron Cohen
Joe
Natalie Burn
Olivia
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Richard Hughes
- Writers
- W. Peter Iliff
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Countries
- United States of America
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ERA
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Released 4 years ago.
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WORLD
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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Richard Hughes, shot by Callan Green. 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 Giorgio Giampà. 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 Mattias Morheden shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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ERA
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Antonio Banderas and Kate Bosworth and Mojean Aria carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "Some guardians aren't angels.".
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Richard Hughes directs. Callan Green behind the camera. Giorgio Giampà scores. Mattias Morheden cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Spanish.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Shot for just $1.3M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
- 2Released 4 years ago.
- 3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.
- 4Directed by Richard Hughes, shot by Callan Green. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Original score by Giorgio Giampà. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 6Editor Mattias Morheden shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 7Antonio Banderas and Kate Bosworth and Mojean Aria carry the top of the cast.
- 8Marketing tagline: "Some guardians aren't angels.".
- 9IMDB entry: tt14857730 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Callan Green
- Original score
- Giorgio Giampà
- Editing
- Mattias Morheden
- Production design
- Jonathan McKinstry
- Costume design
- Irina Kotcheva
- Makeup / hair
- Milen Ivanov
- Sound
- Ryan Nowak
- Stunt coordinator
- Asen Asenov
- Runtime
- 91 min · 1h 31m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $1,261,569
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- R
Also by
Richard Hughes
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Trailers & featurettes
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Community reviews
What people are saying
- CinemaSerf★ 5/10
Now Jason Statham (and Bruce Willis) have made some dross in their time, but somehow I never quite expected Antonio Banderas to have to eke out a living doing the same kind of derivate action drama. Well here he is "Cuda" (as in Barracuda!) who is charged by mobster "Estelle" (Kate Bosworth) to lick yard-fighter "Stray" (Mojean Aria) into shape so he can help him collect her tributes - from an increasingly independently-minded bunch of cyber-sex affiliates. What follows now is an amalgam of cheap and cheerful thriller and romance as both men find their attentions drawn to young women (for completely different reasons) who are going to have a profound impact on just about everybody's lives. It's terribly over-scripted with the ending - much like the rest of it - being pretty risible and leaving the whole film resembling an assembly of cutting room out-takes from numerous other similarly high budget, low quality, productions. It's only ninety minutes, so that's a blessing - but why this is on general release anywhere is anyone's guess. I can assure you that it's not worth paying to see.
Production companies
Who made it
- BO
Born to Burn Films
Millennium Media
US
Key crew
- ProducerNatalie Burn
- ProducerRob Van Norden
- Music SupervisorRyan Svendsen
- ProducerJeffrey Greenstein
- ProducerLes Weldon
- Costume DesignIrina Kotcheva
- ProducerJonathan Yunger
- ProducerYariv Lerner
- EditorMattias Morheden
- Production DesignJonathan McKinstry
- Casting DirectorDespina Saroglou
- EditorDamian F. Gomez
- First Assistant DirectorMark Roper
- Sound Effects EditorNikolay Bakalov
- Second Assistant DirectorKristina Sakizli
- Supervising Sound EditorKris Casavant
- Executive ProducerW. Peter Iliff
- Executive ProducerDavid Nagelberg
- Sound DesignerRyan Nowak
- VFX SupervisorHarold Herbert
- Unit Production ManagerStefan Mutafchiev
- Set DecorationArta Tozzi
- Line ProducerVessela Bannzurkova
- Stunt CoordinatorAsen Asenov
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- direct
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical (limited)2022-09-23R
- Digital2022-09-23R
Also known as
International titles
- VymahačCZ
- Le ProtecteurFR
