SAVAGE (18)

WHO’S IN IT?

Jake Ryan (Out of the Shadows), John Tui (Battleship), Chelsie Preston Crayford (Killing Time), Olly Presling (Pete’s Dragon), Tui Rererangi Aitken (film debut), Seth Flynn (Tyrannical Love), Dominic Ona-Ariki (Gary of the Pacific), Erroll Shand (Deathgasm)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Sam Kelly (film debut), director, writer; Vicky Pope (Deano and Nige’s Best Last Day Ever), producer; Arli Liberman (Song for Maria), composer; James L. Brown (Before the Rain), cinematographer; Peter Roberts (God, Sreenu and Me), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Over the course of 30 years, Danny (Ryan) grows from the abused boy of a devoutly Christian farmer to the violent enforcer of a New Zealand street gang…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Described as Moonlight crossed with Sons of Anarchy, this intense and at times uncomfortable portrait of a gang member coming into his own is derived from several true stories of criminal activity in New Zealand.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 11TH SEPTEMBER 2020

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