Lights Out (2024 film)

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Lights Out
Lights Out (2024) poster.jpg
Release poster
Directed by Christian Sesma
Screenplay by
  • Chad Law
  • Garry Charles
Story byBrandon Burrows
Produced byBrandon Burrows
Starring
CinematographyAJ. Rickert-Epstein
Edited by
  • Alex Merkin
  • Brian Zwiener
  • James Kondelik
Music by War & Peace
Production
company
Firebrand
Distributed by Quiver Distribution
Release date
  • February 16, 2024 (2024-02-16)
Running time
86 minutes [1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Lights Out is a 2024 American action thriller film directed by Christian Sesma and starring Frank Grillo, Mekhi Phifer, Jaime King, with Dermot Mulroney and Scott Adkins.

Contents

The film was released in the United States by Quiver Distribution on February 16, 2024.

Premise

Duffy (Frank Grillo), a drifter and veteran haunted by combat and the deaths of comrades he saw as brothers, can't settle down because his time in active service caused such upheaval in his life. He wanders from place to place with only a suitcase and the drive to make just enough money to get to his next stop. His current perch is Los Angeles. He gets into a fight in a roadhouse bar when an someone tries to cheat him at poker and easily beats up a group of bullies.

Max (Mekhi Phifer), an ex-con manager of fighters for an underground fight club, watches this sees in Duffy a lot of skill, potential, anger, and a need to prove himself. Max's brother, a veteran as well who committed suicide because he didn't have an outlet for his rage and isolation, was like Duffy. Max worries that Duffy could end up the same way. Max gives Duffy a chance to win some money for the both of them, as well as a temporary home with himself, his sister Rachel and her daughter.

Max needs the money to repay Sage, one of the villains who runs a gym and the underground fights. Sage's boss is Ellen Ridgeway, a police detective who uses her official status to intimidate the entire criminal operation, keeping it under her control. Duffy wins the fight and the money but he becomes unintentionally entangled in a complicated web because it was Rachel's abusive boyfriend who had stolen the money from Sage and Ridgeway in the first place.

Cast

Production

In January 2022, it was reported that Frank Grillo, Mekhi Phifer, Scott Adkins and Dermot Mulroney were cast in the film. [3]

The following month, Justin Furstenfeld, Amaury Nolasco, Donald Cerrone, Jaime King, JuJu Chan, and Erica Peeples were reported to be cast. [4] [5]

Principal photography took place in Santa Clarita, California in February 2022. [6]

Release

Lights Out was released in the United States by Quiver Distribution on February 16, 2024. [2]

Reception

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References

  1. ↑ "Lights Out (15)". BBFC . January 15, 2024. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Humphrey, Julia (January 10, 2024). "Frank Grillo Fights for His Life in Lights Out Trailer". Collider . Retrieved January 16, 2024.
  3. ↑ Wiseman, Andreas (January 27, 2022). "Frank Grillo, Mekhi Phifer, Scott Adkins & Dermot Mulroney Set For Action Movie Lights Out". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved December 3, 2022.
  4. ↑ Ritman, Alex (February 11, 2022). "Berlin: Justin Furstenfeld, Amaury Nolasco and Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone Join 'Lights Out'". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved August 26, 2022.
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