Cartels (film)

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Cartels
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Directed by Keoni Waxman
Written byKeoni Waxman
Richard Beattie
Starring Steven Seagal
Luke Goss
Georges St-Pierre
Darren E. Scott
Florin Piersic Jr.
Martine Argent
CinematographyNathan Wilson
Music byMichael Richard Plowman
Production
companies
Daro Film Distribution
24TL Productions
Action House
Distributed by Lionsgate
Release date
  • July 7, 2017 (2017-07-07)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$6 million [1]
Box office$37,776 [2]

Cartels, also known as Killing Salazar, [3] is a 2017 action film starring Luke Goss and directed by Keoni Waxman, also featuring Steven Seagal. It had a limited theatrical release on July 7, 2017, and was released on DVD and digital streaming on September 19, 2017.

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Cast

Production

Originally titled Killing Salazar, the film was directed by Keoni Waxman and written by Waxman and Richard Beattie. [4] [5] Luke Goss was chosen to play the protagonist, U.S. Marshal Tom Jensen, whereas Steven Seagal, who had collaborated with Waxman on more than half a dozen projects, was cast in a supporting role. [4] Seagal also produced the film alongside Binh Dang. [5] Michael Richard Plowman composed the film's soundtrack. [5]

Reception

Noel Murray of the Los Angeles Times commented that the film "is passably entertaining", but criticised Seagal's involvement in it – which amounted to "roughly 15 minutes of screen time" – as more distracting than it was value-adding, concluding that "with his thick leather coat, bushy goatee, tinted glasses, and whispery monotone voice, he (Seagal) looks like an ordinary schlub in a Steven Seagal costume." [4] Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter credited Waxman for filming the "action scenes with reasonable proficiency" but ultimately labelled Cartels as a "far cry" from Seagal's best works. [5]

References

  1. "Cartels (2016)". IMDb . IMDb. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
  2. "Cartels (2016)". Box Office Mojo . IMDbPro. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
  3. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4949290/releaseinfo?ref_=tt_dt_dt#akas [ user-generated source ]
  4. 1 2 3 Murray, Noel (6 July 2017). "Steven Seagal is the big name, but crime thriller 'Cartels' would have been better off without him". Los Angeles Times .
  5. 1 2 3 4 Scheck, Frank (11 July 2017). "'Cartels': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter .