Vendetta | |
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Directed by | Jen and Sylvia Soska |
Written by | Justin Shady |
Produced by | Michael J. Luisi |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Mahlon Todd Williams [1] |
Edited by | Richard Nord [1] |
Music by | The Newton Brothers [1] |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Lionsgate Films |
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Running time | 90 minutes. [1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Vendetta is a 2015 American vigilante action film directed by the Soska sisters starring Dean Cain, Paul Wight (the Big Show), and Michael Eklund. It is the first film in the "Action Six-Pack" series. [4] The film was released in a limited release and through video on demand on June 12, 2015. [3]
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When his pregnant wife is violently killed by a criminal whom he put away, Mason, a hard-nosed detective, deliberately gets arrested to get revenge. While inside, Mason discovers a new criminal enterprise that those behind it would kill to protect.
Vendetta was filmed in Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada.[ citation needed ]
Vendetta was part of a six-film deal WWE Studios made with Lionsgate that will be releasing WWE's Action Six-Pack, a series of unconnected action films. [5]
Vendetta received a limited theatrical release. [2] It was released to theaters and video on demand on June 12, 2015. [1]
The Hollywood Reporter described the film as "the sort of B-movie violent actioner that makes you feel your testosterone level rising as you watch it", while the "screenplay offers no surprises, mainly serving as a springboard for the endless series of fight scenes in which Cain demonstrates that he's become a serious movie badass." [2] The Soska sisters "prove themselves quite proficient at staging the brutal skirmishes which inevitably lead to a climatic prison riot." [2]
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