Brainstorm Media Picks Up Action Thriller “72 Hours”
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Brainstorm Media has acquired the action thriller 72 Hours. This is another in a long line of straight-to-VOD titles that look just entertaining enough to get someone to pay $5.99 for two hours of diversion.
In a tale as old as time, two brothers - a cop and a criminal - have to work together when their family comes under threat. The film boasts the hottest cast of 2010, with Sam Trammell (HBO's True Blood), Cam Gigandet (the Twilight series) and Nicky Whelan (Rob Zombie's Halloween II). Writer-director Christian Sesma is no stranger to this sort of feature, having churned out nearly a dozen flicks with forgettable titles like Take Back, Paydirt and Lights Out.
72 Hours is set to drop on digital platforms on November 1.
About Kip Mooney
Like many film critics born during and after the 1980s, my hero is Roger Ebert. The man was already the best critic in the nation when he won the Pulitzer in 1975, but his indomitable spirit during and after his recent battle with cancer keeps me coming back to read not only his reviews but his insightful commentary on the everyday. But enough about a guy you know a lot about.
I knew I was going to be a film critic—some would say a snob—in middle school, when I had to voraciously defend my position that The Royal Tenenbaums was only a million times better than Adam Sandler’s remake of Mr. Deeds. From then on, I would seek out Wes Anderson’s films and avoid Sandler’s like the plague.
Still, I like to think of myself as a populist, and I’ll be just as likely to see the next superhero movie as the next Sundance sensation. The thing I most deplore in a movie is laziness. I’d much rather see movies with big ambitions try and fail than movies with no ambitions succeed at simply existing. I’m also a big advocate of fun-bad movies like The Room and most of Nicolas Cage’s work.
In the past, I’ve written for The Dallas Morning News and the North Texas Daily, which I edited for a semester. I also contributed to Dallas-based Pegasus News, which in the circle of life, is now part of The Dallas Morning News, where I got my big break in 2007. Eventually, I’d love to write and talk about film full-time, but until that’s a viable career option, I work as an auditor for Wells Fargo.
I hope to one day meet my hero, go to the Toronto International Film Festival, and compete on Jeopardy. Until then, I’m excited to share my love of film with you.