![]() ![]() ![]() We were really just trying to get all the coverage. Jared: Not so much during shooting just because it was such a tight schedule. Did you use any films for inspiration in shooting it as well? I think I watched Under Siege, and thought, ‘let me do something kind of like that,’ because it’s been such a long time since anything like that was made. But it just kind of came through my head, you know, just from watching movies. I couldn’t get a nuclear power plant so I had to rewrite it for a water power dam. Can you contain it? Can you make it take placein one main location?’ The story was always about bad guys taking over what was originally a nuclear power plant and was originally named Reactor. And much of it took place in different locations and basically the skeleton was there, but as I started pitching it, people were like, ‘Oh, this is too expensive. Jared: Eight years ago, I wrote what would eventually become Deadlock. With a nearby town on the brink of massive flooding and destruction, it’s up to one retired elite army ranger Mack Karr (Patrick Muldoon) to save thousands of innocent lives before it’s too late.Ĭheck out my interview with Jared! Where did this story come from? Convinced that the government is working against them, the merciless group brutally seizes an energy plant and holds everyone inside hostage. Jared Cohn brings us a really cool action thriller with Deadlock, which he wrote and directed.īruce Willis stars as Ron Whitlock, a wanted criminal leading a team of mercenaries on a mission of vengeance. Matthews, Kelly Lynn Reiter, Jamal Trulove, Jared Bankens, Billy Jack Harlow.Patrick Muldoon as Mack in the action film, DEADLOCK, a Saban Films release. ![]() Editing: Paul Montez McDade.Ĭast: Bruce Willis, Patrick Muldoon, Matthew Marsden, Michael DeVorzon, Ava Paloma, Kelcey Rose, Chris Cleveland, Douglas S. Producers: Corey Large and Johnny Messner. Saban Films presents a 308 Ent production in association with Bondit Media Capital, Head Gear Films, Kreo Films FZ, and Metrol Technology. Here, he is a conflicted and rugged ex-military officer turned security officer who uses his skills to thwart Willis and crew.ĭeadlock is a pretty decent film that makes the most out of its budget with Bruce Willis in a rare villain role with Patrick Muldoon’s throwback action hero. Here, Muldoon does a welcome throwback to the late 1980’s, early 1990’s B-movie action hero. One memorable example of this mode was as the villain in the 1993 B-movie Rage and Honor II: Hostile Takeover, where we get to see him take on Richard Norton. Very rarely do you get to see Muldoon strut his action skills. The hero of the film, Mack, is well played by Patrick Muldoon. Willis gets to go a bit crazy in the film, attempting to serve as a mastermind who only wants justice but even he can’t completely control his gang, which leads to some pretty good twists within the story. However, the bitterness leads to becoming the leader of a band of mercenaries who also feel the system has failed them. Here, he is a bitter man and father who seeks justice for his son, who he feels was in the wrong place at the wrong time. While nothing will most likely compare to The Jackal, he pulls it off quite nicely in the antagonist role with this film. It is very rare to see Bruce Willis in a villain role. For his latest film, he co-wrote with Cam Cannon this film originally titled Reactor, due to the fact that it’s quite a double entendre: the fact that villains take over a nuclear reactor connected to a dam and the fact our hero must “react” to the circumstances. He may work with low budgets, but his connections within the industry are recognized and he does make the most of his budgets. Johnson or an Isaac Florentine, his resume speaks for itself. While he may not be on the level of a Jesse V. Jared Cohn is becoming of the big names when it comes to indie action films these days. That’s if Ron can control his gang, who may seem at times as if they have their own agendas. However, Ron is in for a surprise when ex-military officer turned security Mack Karr learns what has happened and has plans to stop Ron and his gang. He warns the authorities that if they do not meet his demands, he will blow up the dam, which will destroy the town. ![]() Gathering a band of mercenaries who are also fed up with the system, Ron decides to take over the local dam. Blaming the system for the death of his son, Ron decides to do something drastic, but he will not be able to pull off the job by himself. When he is questioned by two policemen, he kills them in cold blood. Upon hearing the news, Kyle’s father Ron is in turmoil. It is rare for this actor to play villain roles, but Bruce Willis pulls it off nicely in this action thriller from indie director Jared Cohn.Ī police raid to stop a drug deal has resulted in the death of a young man, Kyle Whitlock. ![]()
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