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Run time: 83 minutes

U.S. Release Date: December 18, 2015 (In Theaters and On Demand)
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SYNOPSIS
When a terrorist group kidnaps retired CIA field operative Leonard Turner (Bruce Willis), his son Harry Turner (Kellan Lutz), a government analyst who has been repeatedly turned down for field service, launches his own unsanctioned rescue operation. While evading highly skilled operatives, deadly assassins, and international terrorists, Harry finally puts his combat training to the test in a high stakes mission to find his father and to stop a terrorist plot. 
EXTRACTION stars Kellan Lutz, Bruce Willis, and Gina Carano and will be released by Lionsgate Premiere in theaters and On Demand on December 18^th.
Lionsgate Premiere, Grindstone Entertainment Group and Emmett Furla Oasis Films present in association with The Fyzz Facility, an Emmet Furla Oasis Films production, a Twirly Films Limited production in association with Aperture Entertainment.
ABOUT THE PRODUCTION
In EXTRACTION Kellan Lutz plays rookie CIA analyst Harry Turner, who wants to become an international spy like his father veteran agent Leonard Turner, played by Bruce Willis. When Leonard is taken hostage while on assignment to secure and escort the prototype for a top-classified hacking device called the CONDOR, and Harry believes he knows who took him, he doesn’t hesitate to defy orders and set off to rescue his father.

“Harry Turner is a CIA analyst who really wants to be a CIA in-field agent,” said Lutz, best known for his role as Emmett Cullen in the blockbuster Twilight and its sequels. “All Harry wants to do is be like his father, who doesn’t want his son to have anything to do with being an agent. His father wants to protect him, which is what really drives both characters’ decision-making. And when his father becomes a hostage over the CONDOR and other elements come into play, Harry takes it on his own accord to go after his dad and be that in-field agent he knows he can be.”

Both Harry’s desire to follow in his father’s footsteps--and Leonard’s strenuous objections—were irrevocably forged years ago by the murder of Leonard’s wife and Harry’s mother, Kate. Leonard never recovered from the tragedy, feeling responsible for her death and the trauma suffered by Harry, who saw his mother die and narrowly escaped being killed as well.

“My character’s very complex,” said Lutz about Harry Turner. “At a young age he witnesses his mother being killed in front of him and was almost shot as well. He deals with a father who is an international spy and wasn’t around much. Harry was alone a lot and had to grow up pretty fast.”

“Early in the story, when bad guys find out Leonard is undercover, they go to his house and kill his wife and are trying to kill his son when I show up and save the son,” said D.B. Sweeney (Heist) about his character, Ken Robertson. “From that day on, Leonard’s life and career go south, and he becomes unreliable and not very valuable to the CIA. But my character’s career continues to ascend.”

In the years that followed, Robertson steps up, becoming “Uncle Ken” helping and encouraging the young Harry’s training and goals. In his position, he’s able to look out for the aspiring agent, and with his father’s frequent absences, becomes a mentor of sorts to him.

“Kellan Lutz is a great young guy who’s had success as an actor and knows what he’s doing,” said Sweeney. “He’s very serious about his work, and an easy guy to work with. He doesn’t need me to be his mentor in real life, but it was fun to be his mentor in the movie.”

In addition to helping Harry, Robertson is also there for his longtime friend, Leonard. When ongoing disciplinary and personal issues finally force Leonard into an early retirement, Robertson tries to soften the pending blow by offering his friend one last field assignment – a decision with far-reaching consequences.

“The CIA wants Leonard out,” said Sweeney. “So, I give him a last shot to be part of an operation – it’s the central operation of the movie that the plot revolves around. I send Leonard off to get this master remote prototype and bring it to headquarters, which is probably bad judgment on my part because he’s a little bit unreliable at this point. So when the bad guys get him and the device, the story unfolds, and the action begins.”

When director Steven C. Miller (Submerged) first read EXTRACTION he was excited by what he described as a “thriller with super weapons and conspiracies.” He saw the action in this fast-paced tale of betrayal, revenge, redemption, and romance, set in the world of international spies as “more intimate, more personal” than most of the action in today’s popular effects-and-gun-filled action blockbusters.

“It’s not a gun movie, in the sense there’s not a lot of gun play,” said Miller. “I wanted this movie to be more hand-to-hand combat, more close quarters, tighter. It seems a trend in action films is to be very serious – so serious—with wall-to-wall action -- lots of action--where you never slow down and never have the chance to. I wanted EXTRACTION to be different. These movies are done all the time and what I wanted to bring to a sense of fun to it. I wanted to give some breaks of fun and humor in the middle of the action, so it all won’t feel so heavy.”

Miller worked with director of photography Brandon Cox and renowned stunt coordinator Simon Rhee to create a pace in EXTRACTION that gave the audience some room to breathe. According to Cox, Miller sought to establish what he calls a “slow-calm” rhythm to the film.

“In the beginning of the film, he wanted it to be very calm and then it breaks out into this high energy and then calms down a bit,” said Brandon Cox, who also served as the director of photography on Heist. “Slow and calm…slow and calm…we like the slow-calm. That’s how we wanted to introduce the characters, especially Bruce Willis’s character, Agent Leonard Turner.”

EXTRACTION is the fourth action film from producer Randall Emmett (Everest, Lone Survivor), the co-founder of Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films (E/F/O) and longtime producing partner George Furla, and Aperture’s Adam Goldworm, the production team behind the action films The Prince, Rage, and Vice. All four films feature Willis and were shot on accelerated shooting schedules, three of them on location in the city of Mobile, Alabama.

“I was watching Bruce in this very emotional scene do the most subtle changes of expression, using certain looks and angles to add subtext to his words,” said Cox. “As an actor he tends to speak softly anyhow, be this was a scene where he was saying so much without saying anything and I thought that was really cool. It was something I didn’t see on set. I didn’t even see it when I was shooting it for reference on my camera phone, but I saw it in the dailies.”

Just what is it about actors like Bruce Willis who rise to the status of “movie stars” and seem to hold an enduring fascination for audiences?

“I don’t know what it is that Bruce has or does, but I think it’s something an actor just has – or doesn’t,” said Miller. “It’s an instinct, a presence, the way he carries himself and uses his voice that makes him so impactful. He does these things when he says a certain line or improvises, goes off-script and it’s better and truer to the character that what’s written. Somehow, someway, Bruce puts his little spin on it, and that’s why he’s Bruce.”

“You have to work quickly, be decisive and know what you want to shoot at this pace,” said Sweeney. “One thing that’s really been an asset on this film is director Steven C. Miller has an editing background. He’s very specific in what he wants, knows how to get that coverage, which makes my job easier, and everything faster.”

With a 17-day, six-days-a-week shooting schedule, a half-dozen major fighting sequences, and a couple of car chases to film, Miller worked closely with Cox, Rhee, and his assistant directors Jonathan Southard and Karla Strum to maximize his on-set time and post-production options by shooting with multiple cameras, including the Alexa XT^® and Ari Alexa^® cameras (with the 433 sensor) with Hawk^® anamorphic lenses. A camera drone was used to capture night aerials of Drake’s SUV driving through the city streets.

“It’s an action film shot on a very ambitious schedule,” said actor Joshua Mikel, whose film credits include Million Dollar Arm, Dirty Grandpa and Heist. “What most people don’t realize in action films there are a lot of set ups and separate shots because the editing is so quick. And lots of set ups and shots take time, but Steven is incredible. He comes from a younger filmmaking generation that is speedier and understands the genre. For me, as an actor, it’s a matter of trying what I want on the first take and if Steve likes it, he’s got it, and if he doesn’t, you’ve got another take.”

Lutz found the fast shooting pace energizing as well and said he enjoyed playing a complex, dogged character like second generation CIA agent Harry Turner. “Harry is very intelligent and he’s very fit and he’s very determined,” said Lutz. “And he doesn’t let any sort of failure affect or prevent or keep him from succeeding.”

Lutz admits it was cool that his onscreen secret agent-spy dad Leonard just happens to be played by Bruce Willis, one of the screen’s most famous action heroes.

“This was a cool role for me because I enjoy doing my own stunts whenever I can,” said Lutz. “You’ll see in the movie, Harry’s well-equipped with a great brain as an analyst, well-honed fighting skills, and a tough exterior where he’s not going to take ‘no’ for an answer.”

When Harry’s boss orders Agent Higgins (Dan Bilzerian) to escort Agent Turner to his apartment and see that he stays there, Harry cuts the trip short – fighting his way free of four agents and jumping out of the van, to go find his father.

“Kellan is a movie star,” said Miller. “When I see him on screen, the way he carries himself and moves -- he has that type of swagger that Bruce Willis has. For me, that movie star quality is rare.”

Early on, Miller said he and Lutz talked about stunt work and the additional physical and time demands working with the stunt team required. “It was important to me and Kellan to be on screen doing the action himself,” said Miller. “Kellan was great about that. He wanted to do that too and I think it shows how disciplined and dedicated he is.”

The 6’1” Lutz says he enjoys character roles that are physical and offer the opportunity to do some onscreen stunt work and expand his skill set. Most recently, Lutz co-starred alongside a virtual pantheon of onscreen action heroes in The Expendables 3, and underwent months of rigorous physical training to portray the world’s strongest man as the titular character in, The Legend of Hercules. Lutz said he learned some new skills working with stunt coordinator Simon Rhee and the 87Eleven stunt guys.

“I have a good knowledge of Muay Thai and Brazilian Jui Jitsu and we did training in both of those and judo,” said Lutz. “Whenever I’m home, I can pop in there and learn new things. That only betters my craft. It helps to know Jason Statham works out there as well. It’s a good place if Jason’s there.”

Lutz also credit years of dancing with helping him to break down and learn a fight quickly. “I have a really good memory and I like choreography, which comes from dancing and being able to know the beats in your head,” he said. “That’s how you get the fight down in your head.”

Actor and stuntman Dan Bilzerian (Lone Survivor, Olympus Has Fallen) portrays Agent Higgins, the agent tasked with minding Harry witnessed first-hand Lutz’s transformation from desk jockey to ass-kicking agent, while filming their fight scene in the van when Harry escapes from the agency.

“Kellan works out and he’s not scared to get his hands dirty,” said Bilzerian. “Obviously, he’s an actor not a stunt man, but he’s a strong, capable, skilled guy and he can do his own stunt work. He’s playing a Jason Bourne-type of character where he ends up taking out a van full of CIA field agents, and then beating up a bunch of bikers, but he’s got the strongest motivation there is – he wants to save his dad. Kellan was a really great fit for that character.”

“I want fights in a film to look realistic and the fight scenes in EXTRACTION were very realistic, really cool,” Bilzerian said. “Kellan was a champ. At one point, he took fall after fall on to the concrete and didn’t say a word about it. Not once. You can see he works hard and is serious about his craft, but he’s also a lot of fun, a good guy.”

With the help of stunt coordinator Rhee, Lutz did his own stunt work for his first knife fight. “I’d never really done a knife fight before, and we got to do a really great one,” he said. “It’s just quick shots and cuts --take a knife, slice, come back, go head shot, back to hand with knife, go wide – and it looked fast. And that’s because Simon, who’s from the movie The Best of the Best, which is one of the best action fight movies out there, was our stunt coordinator.”

Miller wanted EXTRACTION to have a “gritty urban look” with authentic-looking mano-a-mano fights captured on camera in real time with the real actors, so it helped tremendously that many of the principal actors are former athletes and stunt performers—actress Carano, a former Women’s MMA champion and internationally ranked Muay Thai champion; actor and stuntman Bilzerian, who trained as a Navy SEAL; Joshua Mikel, whose done stunts for films and TV series.

“We looked at a lot of films so we’d have the same points of reference for what we wanted to do,” said Miller. “We wanted that raw realism of The Fight Club with a mix of the color palette from Nightcrawler. The Bourne films were influential that way. We wanted action scenes that felt real and were filmed in real time, so there’s no slow motion. We didn’t want to do anything that took you out of the moment, or out of the movie action.”

For Miller that included using found objects in the fights, “If you’re in the bathroom, and there’s a soap dispenser, you grab it, if you’re near a stall door, you slam it,” he said “I’m a fan of using everyday items in fights. Those types of fights are the most exciting to me. Simon was able to pull all that together and incorporate it into the fight choreography, ninety percent of which was created by Simon and the stunt team on set at the location.

Miller says while screenwriters Umair Aleem and Max Adams did a great job writing key details to parts of the fights, but action in a screenplay is usually just an outline. “The script says: ‘Harry kicks ass.’ So, you’ve got to sit down and figure out the details of exactly what that ass-kicker’s doing. Simon and his team are the best at doing that.”

After Harry goes rogue in the search for his father, the CIA dispatches a team of field operatives including Harry’s ex, Agent Victoria Phair, portrayed by actress Gina Carano.

“Victoria is one of my most favorite characters that I’ve ever played,” said Carano, who recent films include the Warner Bros.’s Deadpool, and the blockbuster, The Fast & Furious 6. “When I read it, I thought: ‘Yes! Finally somebody’s giving me a character with some personality, who’s more developed than others I’ve played.’ Victoria is the ‘ex’-slash-love interest of Harry played by Kellan Lutz. She’s an accomplished field agent, smart, who knows how to handle herself. But it’s that ex-factor, being caught up again with an ex-lover, which so many people can relate to, that makes this character complicated and fun. . It’s been a blast.”

Widely considered the original face of Women’s Mixed Martial Arts, Carano gets some onscreen action time in EXTRACTION, using her martial arts skills to quickly dispense bad guys and obstacles with precision and speed. Currently ranked as the third best female fighter in the world with a 7-1 record, Carano left fighting years ago, but still enjoys doing stunt work.

“I love Gina,” said Miller. “She’s probably one of the sweetest people I’ve ever met, yet she can kick some serious ass. Gina’s a study in contrasts. She’s a tough, determined and skilled athlete who has such a sweetness and innocence about her. She brings such a joy and excitement to her work and learning her craft, it’s infectious. You can’t help but fall in love with her.”

Carano, who worked previously with the Emmett-Furla team on the action ensemble Heist, said she was in en route to Los Angeles, California to pack some things and head up to the Bay Area for a few weeks of training and meditation, but changed her plans immediately when she got the call about Victoria Phair in EXTRACTION.”

“They said they were starting in six days, and I had no hesitation, said ‘Yes!’ automatically, figuring I would now go back to L.A., get my stuff together and leave for Mobile instead of San Francisco,” said Carano. “There was not even a question in my mind. I love the character. I’ve worked with this crew and many of the actors before. I knew these people and I loved the experience. I crave more of this kind of filmmaking experience.”

Turns out Victoria and Harry’s relationship ended when work took them to different sides of the world -- Victoria was accepted as a field operative in the clandestine service program, and

Harry moved overseas to Prague as an analyst in its Eastern European offices. Thrown back together and working against a ticking clock, it’s not long before that spark of attraction between Victoria and Harry is ignited – if it were extinguished in the first place.

“I really enjoyed the chemistry between the characters,” said Carano. “With that ex-thing, you’re still kind of attracted to the other person, but they irritate you and make you upset. You love them and you hate them at the same time, and that’s a lot of fun to play. Kellan is such a positive person and positive force. He made that process even more fun. I really enjoy what I’m doing now at this point in my career and this one takes the cake. It’s the best experience. I didn’t know what it would be like with Kellan, but I think our energies are really fun mixed in with each other.”

According to Lutz, the “ex-factor” conflicts between Victoria and Harry are further intensified by the classic push me-pull-you of their opposites-attract dynamic.

“Harry is very much a do what he wants, how he feels guy. He’s very smart, and spontaneous. He is an analyst with a quick mind,” said Lutz. “He’s worked hard for a long time and is athletic and strong and has the skills and weapons of an untrained field agent who just never made it. Victoria became a field agent and she’s a straight-shooting professional who does everything by-the-book.”

“I think seeing Victoria again Harry realizes he’s still very attracted to her and she feels the same way,” Lutz said. “So, the back and forth, the banter between our characters is ongoing, very real, very fun, playful and energetic, which I hope audiences will really get a kick out of.”

Carano admits the scene with Willis was memorable because it was both one of her most emotional scenes and also “one of those fantasies-come-true-moments,” professionally and personally.

“Here I am, in a very serious scene, trying to shame Bruce Willis’s character while hand-cuffed to a pipe wearing this little skimpy dress,” she said. “Did I mention I’m all tied up in a little tight dress, and I need rescuing and in comes action movie hero Bruce Willis?” She adds, laughing.

EXTRACTION was filmed entirely in Mobile, Alabama. For the first nine days of shooting, the production base was the former Armstrong Tile Plant on Baker Street. The huge abandoned factory a few miles out of the city center served as a versatile backdrop where Miller, Cox, Rhee, production designer Nate Jones and their team transformed dark empty spaces inside the cavernous factory into several sets and locations including: the hotel basement where Leonard kills Dimitri after his cover’s blown; the bathroom of The Lodge nightclub where Harry fights an assassin; and, the boxing gym, Jui Jitsu academy, pistol qualification course and indoor shooting range where Harry trains.

The scenes at the steel mill during the film’s climatic final sequences were also filmed inside and outside the Armstrong plant, including when Harry-Robertson car chase and crash, in which both actors did much of their own driving.

EXTRACTION moved back to downtown Mobile at the end of February, setting up its base along the 400 block of St. Anthony Street, close to the film’s production offices and lodging. Scenes set in the CIA’s Eastern European branch offices in Prague were shot on the eighth floor of the Riverview Plaza Hotel on South Royal Street. Robertson’s office at Langley and the Situation Room in Prague were actually adjacent to one another and part of the art, wardrobe and transportation offices on Dauphin Street between Royal and Water Streets.

Bri’s Apartment, where Victoria gets some club clothes to wear to The Lodge, is a private residence in the 400 block of Dauphin St. and the interiors of The Lodge Nightclub where Harry and Victoria find Drake were filmed in the Skyview Bar on the top floor of the Holiday Inn on Government Street in downtown Mobile. The Blind Mule on North Claiborne Street is the bar where the production filmed Robertson getting Leonard’s call about his family being in danger, and a private residence in the 200 block of Adams Street doubled for the Turner’s home Robertson rushes to, saving Harry. The production filmed in the garage at the Convention Center, which also doubled for the interior of the Newark Airport Terminal, and blew up Drake’s car near the intersection of Conti and South Hamilton Streets.

ABOUT THE CAST

KELLAN LUTZ (Harry Turner) has emerged as one of the industry’s most sought-after leading men with starring roles in several films yet to be released, including: the recently completed post-apocalyptic sci-fi flick, SFv1; the action-filled Adi Shankar’s Gods and Secrets; and the thrillers Money and The Feud. On television, Lutz can currently be seen hosting the action stunt game show, BULLSEYE for the FOX Network.

Since his breakout role as Emmett Cullen in the international blockbuster phenomenon, The Twilight Saga films series, Lutz has been a busy actor with roles in independent films like Experimenter and blockbusters such as The Expendables 3 and The Legend of Hercules. His other film credits include: Syrup; Java Heat; Tarzan; Love, Wedding, Marriage; Immortals; Arena; A Nightmare on Elm Street; Meskada; Prom Night; Deep Winter; and The Tribe.

Born and raised in Dickinson, North Dakota, Lutz decided to head to Hollywood after high school graduation, and was fortunate to land work as an actor and model almost immediately after arriving a decade ago. In 2005, Lutz began his acting career as a series regular on HBO’s “The Comeback” with Lisa Kudrow. He has appeared on the series “Valley Peaks”, “Heroes”, and, “Summerland.” From 2008-2009, he had a recurring role playing the arrogant jock George Evans on the CW spinoff series “90210” and co-starred in the 2008 Emmy^® Award-winning HBO^® mini-series, “Generation Kill.”

In addition to acting, Lutz also landed several high profile modeling campaigns, including the coveted job as the cover boy of “Abercrombie & Fitch’s Summer Catalogue 2004” and also appeared in a Levi’s^® Jean ad campaign. Lutz was also the face of the Calvin Klein X Underwear campaign.

When not acting, Lutz gives his time to three charities: PETA, the Royal Family Kids’ Camp (RFKC), and the St. Bernard Project. The RFKC is a nationwide network of over 180 summer camps in 40 states and five foreign countries for abused and abandoned children. With the St. Bernard Project in Louisiana, Lutz fundraises and contributes his time on-site, helping to build new homes in a community that was devastated by Hurricane Katrina.

Lutz is also an inventor – and in 2015 has patented two inventions and is waiting for the prototype to be created.

Carano will soon be seen as “Angel Dust” in Warner Bros.’ upcoming Deadpool (with Ryan Reynolds) as well as the remake of the martial arts classic, Kickboxer: Vengeance, opposite Heist co-star David Bautista, and the sci-fi thriller Sergeant X (formerly The Opium Wars). In the last four years, Carano has become an in-demand actress, with roles in the blockbuster The Fast & the Furious 6, the crime thriller In the Blood, and the action film, Extraction. Her other film credits include Blood & Bones and American Gladiators.

Long before Carano ever considered an acting career, she inspired an Oscar^®-winning filmmaker to write a role for her and was the star of the Oxygen reality series, Ring Girls, which followed Carano and her Muay Thai trainer Master Toddy as she trained and competed to become the first American woman to win a Muay Thai title in Thailand (12-1-1 record). About four years later, after watching Carano in the first StrikeForce Women’s Lightweight Championship (which was televised nationally on Showtime), Academy Award^®-winning writer-director Steven Soderbergh met Carano and created the lead character Mallory Kane in the film Haywire for her. With a supporting cast including Ewan McGregor, Michael Fassbender, Michael Douglas and Antonio Banderas, Carano made her big screen debut in 2011.

Born in Dallas, Texas, Carano was the middle of three daughters to Dana Joy (Cason) and Glenn Carano, a former Dallas Cowboys quarterback. A natural athlete and self-described “tomboy” Carano studied gymnastics, jazz, tap, ballet, rode horses, and wrestled. She and her sisters were star athletes in high school, excelling on the volleyball, softball and basketball teams at Trinity Christian High School in Las Vegas. Carano attended the University of Nevada, Reno and the University of Nevada at Las Vegas where she majored in Psychology. Widely considered the original face of Women’s MMA, participating in the first ever sanctioned MMA bout in Nevada and is currently ranked as the third best female fighter in the world with 7 wins and 1 loss.

In 2006, Sweeney produced, directed and co-wrote the film Two Tickets to Paradise, which screened at the Cannes Film Festival and went on to win more than a dozen awards at film festivals.

The talented actor and filmmaker has voiced characters for films such as Brother Bear (2003) and Dinosaur (2000) as well as the animated television series, “The Legend of Korra”, does promos for A&E and NFL Networks, narrates the History Channel series, “Mountain Men”, and has been the voice of the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN), since its inception four years ago.

Sweeney has starred in “Strange Luck” and “Harsh Realm” for FOX as well as “C-16” and “Life As We Know It” for ABC. He’s also had recurring roles on many hit shows including: “Two and a Half Men”, “The Event”, “Criminal Minds”, “Crash”, “Jericho” and “24”.

After winning a Seventeen magazine cover model contest at age 15, Hull launched a career in modeling, eventually moving to Los Angeles, California to pursue acting after graduating high school. In addition to acting, Hull studied apparel and textile marketing at Kansas State University, and earned a degree in jewelry design from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles.

Born in Decatur, Georgia, Miller began making short films and music videos after his father bought him a VHS video camera. After graduating from film school at Full Sail University in Florida in 2005, Miller headed to Hollywood. Within a couple of weeks, Miller and a couple of friends, including executive producer Adam Goldworm, raised enough money to fund Miller’s feature film debut, Automaton Transfusion. Miller was the writer, director and editor of the cult film, which he shot in nine days for less than $30,000. It was acquired by Dimension Films after its debut at 2007 ScreamFest horror festival.

Born in Camp Pendleton, California, Adams began his love affair with movies as a child, developing an encyclopedic knowledge of cinema. When Adams enlisted in the Army after graduating high school, he brought his love of film (and extensive DVD collection) with him, and often entertained his fellow soldiers by quoting movie lines and monologues from films such as Rambo, Patton, Heartbreak Ridge and The Karate Kid.   

During one such performance two years into his service, Adams’s ability to memorize and recite long passages impressed one of his commanding officers, and soon the M-3 Gustav gunner and team leader in the 1^st Ranger Battalion found himself on his way to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York. While a cadet at West Point, Adams became well-known for his knowledge of film, organizing movie nights, and making short films, such as the spoof Temptation Barracks, to make his fellow cadets laugh.

After graduating as a Second Lieutenant in June 2001, Adams became an officer in the 3^rd Infantry Division, and upon his deployment to Iraq, where he took part in the initial ground invasion, Adams was assigned as commander of his battalion’s Quick Reaction Force.  

Following his honorable discharge from the Army in 2006, Adams studied film production at Florida State University, receiving a Masters of Fine Arts degree in 2008. He began his career writing and directing short films such as Paternity Test (which he also edited), Precious Cargo (which was his MFA Florida State thesis) and Saint Nick.  He also worked as the cinematographer and editor on the shorts, Harvest Moon and Exposure.   

Adams also worked as a writer’s production assistant and personal video playback assistant to filmmaker Martin Scorsese for the pilot episode of the critically acclaimed HBO^® series “Boardwalk Empire”. Adams continued to work on the series as a camera assistant for episodes 2-12, and credits its award-winning creator, writer-producer Terence Winter (“The Sopranos”) and writer-director-executive producer Timothy Van Patten mentors. 

GRINDSTONE ENTERTAINMENT GROUP and

EMMETT FURLA OASIS FILMS

Present
In Association with

THE FYZZ FACILITY
An

EMMETT FURLA OASIS FILMS

Production
In Association with

TWIRLY FILMS LIMITED

APERTURE ENTERTAINMENT

BRUCE WILLIS

GINA CARANO

D.B. SWEENEY

DAN BILZERIAN

OLGA VALENTINA

LYDIA HULL

TYLER J. OLSON

ANNE McCARTHY and

KELLIE ROY
Music Supervisor

MIKE BURNS

RYAN DODSON

WILLIAM B. STEAKLEY

BONNIE STAUCH

VINCENT TABAILLON

NATE JONES

BRANDON COX

TIM SULLIVAN

ANTHONY CALLIE

MAX ADAMS

ARNAUD LANNIC

CHRISTOPHE LANNIC

RYAN BLACK

WAYNE MARC GODFREY

ROBERT JONES

DAVID GILBERY

BARRY BROOKER

STAN WERTLIEB
Executive Producer

MARTIN BLENCOWE

KIRK SHAW

ANTHONY JABRE

VANCE OWEN

STEVEN SAXTON

TED FOX

COREY LARGE

RANDALL EMMETT, p.g.a.

GEORGE FURLA, p.g.a.
Produced by

MARK STEWART

ADAM GOLDWORM, p.g.a.
Written by

UMAIR ALEEM and

MAX ADAMS
Directed by

STEVEN C. MILLER

First Assistant Director JONATHAN SOUTHARD

Second Assistant Director KARLA STRUM

Leonard BRUCE WILLIS

Harry KELLAN LUTZ

Victoria GINA CARANO

Robertson D.B. SWEENEY

Drake JOSHUA MIKEL

Sitterson STEVE COULTER

Higgins DAN BILZERIAN

Agent Stevens HEATHER JOHANSEN

Dmitri ROMAN MITICHYAN

Purvis CHRISTOPHER ROB BOWEN

Ivan ROB STEINBERG

Kris LYDIA HULL

Darryl TYLER J. OLSON

Sean DAVID GORDON

Vinn NICK LOEB

Sally SIERRA LOVE

Young Harry NATHAN VARNSON

Aide John RICHARD CHANCE

Scott JOHN DAUER

Biker Bartender NIKKI BREANNE WELLS

Mandi NICOLE GOMEZ

Sarah LINDA LIND

Katya OLGA VALENTINA

Jack JEFFERY PATTERSON

Vanessa SYDNEY FINE

Jessica JILLIAN SHEEN

Steve JACQUES L. DEVORE

Denise SUMMER ALTICE

DJ HWAN TRAN

Stephanie LINDSEY PELAS

Trisha JENNA KELLY

Frank MARTIN BLENCOWE

Stunts

Stunt Coordinator SIMON RHEE

Leonard Double LEX GEDDINGS

Harry Doubles JOHN BERNECKER

TED BARBA

Victoria Double MEREDITH RICHARDSON

Robertson Double KEVIN BEARD

Kris Double MEREDITH RICHARDSON

Agent #1 EDDIE MATTHEWS

Agent #2 AARON MATTHEWS

Biker #1 QUINN EARLY

Biker #2 SAM MEDINA

Biker #3 MICHAEL DAWSON

Biker #4 DAN NORRIS

Bodyguard #1 MIKE YAHN

Bodyguard #2 YAN DRON

Bodyguard #3 LUKE HAWX

Drake Security #1 JC LEUYER

Drake Security #2 RONN SURELS

Drake Security #3 STEVE KIM

Ivans Men #1 CARL NESPOLI

Ivans Men #2 GREG REMENTER

Jiu-Jitsu Instructor SIMON RHEE

Kate's Assassin TED BARBA

Lodge Assassin ILRAM CHOI

Steel Mill Guard #1 GEORGE QUINONES

Steel Mill Guard #2 ERIC VANARSDALE

Steel Mill Guard #3 MARK HICKS

Steel Mill Guard #4 STEPHEN CONROY

Steel Mill Guard #6 JOHN BERNECKER

Big Guard THOMAS CANESTRARO
Post Production Supervisors

MICHAEL J. URANN

BEAU J. GENOT
Music Consultant

ASHLEY WALDRON

     

Production
Production Coordinator IAN NAVRAN

Assistant Production Coordinator ANDREW LITTLE

Travel Coordinator JENNIFER C. WILBERT

Production Secretary KELI MAZZA

Production Assistant JAMES BURKE

Office Intern CODY CLARK

Second Second Assistant Director MAGGIE BALLARD

“A” Camera Operator/ NICK DAVIDOFF

Steadicam Operator

“A” Camera 1st Assistant TOM FITZGERALD

“A” Camera 2nd Assistant GEOFFREY WATERS

“B” Camera 1st Assistant WADE WHITLEY

“B” Camera 2nd Assistant TIMOTHY DIXON

Digital Utility NATHANIEL NUON

Script Supervisor NICK DIROSA

Unit Publicist JEAN MARIE MURPHY

Still Photographer SAM EMERSON

Sound Mixer B.J. LEHN

Boom Operator JEFF BLEHR

Sound Utility ADAM TAYLOR

Gaffer RICHARD RAMMEE

Best Boy Electrician CHRIS MURRAY

Set Electrics LYLE WESTON

GLEN FENDLEY

Day Player Electrics BERNIE SAWYER

JACOB SNIDER

KEITH TIPPIT

Key Grip JAMES SELPH

Best Boy Grip SCOTT HILLMAN

Dolly Grip MICHAEL BONSIGNORE

Grips SODRIC S. DIRA

TOMMY ARMSTRONG

Day Player Grips ALEX WATERS

ROAM CORVIN

WILLIAM ISHERWOOD

Production Accountant SUSAN J. BONNO-BUCKNER

1st Assistant Accountant BERNADETTE VALER

Payroll Accountant CYNTHIA CABRERA

Accounting Clerks JENNIFER BENDER

TRAVIS ANSON TAYLOR

Location Manager JOSHUA CANE

Assistant Location Manager MATT BANFIELD

Location Production Assistant KYLE BUCHER

Day Player Location Production Assistant ALEX WATERS

Casting Associate MORGAN ROBBINS

Local Casting Director LISA MARIE DUPREE

Extras Casting Director GOLEMAN CASTING

Set Decorator BRAD JOHNSON

Leadman MICHAEL HENDRICKS

On Set Dresser ZACH DEPOLO

Swing ABBY TAYLOR

JT CLARK

JOEL SAPPINGTON

AMANDA YOUNGBLOOD

JOHN REZNER

Day Player Swing JAMES ADDISON

Art Director MICHELLE JONES

Art Department Production Assistant ANNIE RHODES

Property Master/Armourer SCOTT NIFONG

Assistant Property Master TAYELOR NIFONG

Special Effects Coordinator KEN GORRELL

Set Foreman JAMES CARTER

Pyro Foreman WES PERRY

Technicians SKYLAR GORRELL

TOMMY BADGER

Key Costumer STEPHANIE FOWLER

1st Set Costumer RACHEL STRINGFELLOW

Costumer LILLIAN McKINNEY

Day Player Costumers MELISSA JOHNSON

JOHN McDONALD

APRIL HOPKINS

Head Makeup Artist TIFFANIE HUDSON

Make-Up Artist STACY LOCKHART

Day Player Make-Up Artist CARRIE SIMS

Head Hair Stylist LAUREN KELLEY

Hair Stylist LAUREN HOLMQUIST

Day Player Hair Stylists MITCH CARTER

TARA MAY

WENDELL CARTER

Transportation Coordinator OSCAR BEGUIRISTAIN

Transportation Captain JESSE BRAGGS

Generator Operator JACK PRINCE

Honeywagon/Basecamp Genny MYKEL SANCHEZ

Drivers JAMES OWENS

DERRIC D. BURRELL

VICTORY J. COX

KAYLON DAMZIO

MACK TAITE

KENNETH LEWIS

TORRE BRAGGS

MIKE BANES

Script Clearance JOAN PEARCE RESEARCH

Catering Provided By AMERICAN ROADSHOW CATERING

Executive Chef SEAN LYNN

Assistant Chefs JESUS ORTIZ

TEMO PAZ ORTIZ

Key Craft Service CHRIS WITHERS

Craft Service Utility KIM WILLIAMS

Day Player Craft Utility MICHAEL MOSS

Set Medic Coordinator JEREMY MORRIS

Set Medic STONEY WEAVER

TOMMY GEBHART

REID COLE

Key Set Production Assistant JASON SAUCIER

Production Assistants MICHAEL BENNETT SMITH

ALI BARNES

TYLER WEATHERBEE

Day Player Production Assistant JAAN CHILDS

Assistants To Producers ALEX ECKERT

DERRICK RODGERS

Assistant To Mr. Willis HEATHER RODGERS

Assistant To Mr. Lutz KIRK BLACKMON

For Emmett Furla Oasis

Physical Production TONY CALLIE

Chief Financial Officer CAESAR RICHBOW

EVP Business Affairs MARTY BARAB

Assistant Editor JONATHAN TAYLOR

Post Production Accountant JERROLD W. LAMBERT

Digital Intermediate Provided by

TUNNEL POST

DI Producers ALAN PAO

HEATHER TOLL

DI Colorist SEBASTIAN PEREZ-BURCHARD

DI Editors J.D. MOORE

TAYLOR MAHONY
VFX Artist WANYAN ZHU

Audio Post Services Provided by

JUNIPER POST

Supervising Sound Editor/ Dialogue Editor DAVID BARBER, M.P.S.E., CAS

ADR Recordist/Editor GONZALO “BINO” ESPINOZA

Sound Effects Editors DAVID BARBER, M.P.S.E.

CHAD J. HUGHES

Foley GONZALO “BINO” ESPINOZA

Re-recording Mixer DAVID BARBER, M.P.S.E., CAS

Sound Coordinator JAS PENNINGTON

Music Editor BEN ZARAI

Additional ADR (Atlanta) WHITE DOG STUDIOS

ADR Recordist CURT BUSH

Additional ADR (Chicago) BAM STUDIOS

ADR Recordists DAVE LEFFEL

SEAN SBARBORI

Additional ADR (Los Angeles) WILDFIRE STUDIOS

ADR Mixer TRAVIS MACKAY

ADR Recordist NICHOLAS COCHRAN

Loop Group THE LOOPING WALLA GROUP

ALEX D'LERMA

ALISON BLANCHARD

DUSTIN COFFEY

DINA SHERMAN

CHRISTOPHER SMITH

JIM MESKIMAN

RAIN CORP & ARTEA FILM

Executive Producer ANDREA MAROTTI

Producer CARLO TOSI

3D Artists VITTORIA MARINI

MATTEO TOFFANELLO

GABRIELE NATALI

Compositors ALESSANDRO TIBILETTI

MICHELE ZELIOLI

     

Score Composed, Produced, Orchestrated & Mixed By

RYAN DODSON

Produced by

TWIRLY FILMS Limited

For Twirly Films HANNAH LOVETT

SIMON WILLIAMS

CHARLES AUTY

TED CAWREY

KATIE FITZGERALD-FRAZER

ELEANOR CLARK WINDO

Worldwide Sales by HIGHLAND FILM GROUP

FILMED ON LOCATION IN ALABAMA.

THE PRODUCERS WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE

ALABAMA FILM OFFICE FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE

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KATHY FAULK AT THE ALABAMA FILM OFFICE

EVA GOLSON & DIANE HALL AT THE MOBILE FILM OFFICE

LT. BILLIE ROWLAND

AND THE CITY OF MOBILE POLICE DEPARTMENT

LYDIA JONES, BATTLEHOUSE HOTEL

DEREK BAREFOOT, OMNI FITNESS

JONATHAN CECIL MILLER

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BONNIE MILLER

VANESSA MILLER

BRIELLE AND ELLIOT

ADAM GOLDWORM

CHARLIE FERRARO

FULL SAIL

NAVID MCLLHARGEY

MARK THALMAN

WILLIAM CLEVINGER

Production Legal ROBERT ABRAMOFF

BURGEE & ABRAMOFF

Additional Production Legal JACKIE ECKHOUSE

SLOSS ECKHOUSE

Legal Services for The FYZZ LEE STONE

Facility provided by DAVID DENNEHY

LEE & THOMPSON, LLP

Insurance Provided By GALLAGHER ENTERTAINMENT

INSURANCE SERVICES

Completion Guaranty provided by PROSIGHT SPECIALTY INSURANCE

Production Banking Provided by HANCOCK BANK

Aerial Photography Provided by LACOPTERCAM, LLC

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