''Paydirt'' is a 2020 American crime thriller film written and directed by

Christian Sesma Christian Sesma is an American filmmaker. He has directed such films as ''Vigilante Diaries'' (2016), '' Paydirt'' (2020), ''Take Back'' (2021) and '' Every Last One of Them'' (2021). Sesma was born and raised in the Coachella Valley. He grew u ...

and starring

Luke Goss Luke Damon Goss (born 29 September 1968) is an English actor, and drummer of the 1980s band Bros. He has appeared in numerous films including ''Blade II'' (2002) as Jared Nomak, ''One Night with the King'' (2006) as King Xerxes, '' Hellboy II ...

and Val Kilmer.

Premise

Criminal gang leader Damien Brooks is recently out on parole. He was caught during a drug bust gone awry ten years ago. He reconnects with his old crew to find the cash they stole and buried as a result of that DEA bust. However, they are being monitored by Sheriff Tucker, a retired officer who knows that Damien and the gang are still up to no good. The retired sheriff tails the gang as they embark on a search for their loot in the desert.

Cast

as Damien Brooks * Val Kilmer as Sheriff Tucker *Mike Hatton as Geoff Bentley *

Paul Sloan Paul Sloan is an American actor and screenwriter. He has written and acted in the films '' The Night Crew'' (2015), ''Vigilante Diaries ''Vigilante Diaries'' is a 2016 action film directed by Christian Sesma and starring Paul Sloan, Quinton ...

as Tony Brooks *

Nick Vallelonga Nicholas Anthony Vallelonga (born September 13, 1959) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is best known for co-writing and producing the film '' Green Book'', for which he received two Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay and Best Pictur ...

as Leo Cap *Mercedes Kilmer as Jamie *

Mirtha Michelle Mirtha Michelle Castro Marmol (born January 17, 1984) is a Dominican-born American actress. Career Michelle has appeared in '' Señorita Justice'', '' This Christmas'', ''Fast & Furious'' and '' Paydirt''. She has also had small parts on ''C ...

as Layla *Mara Fimbres as Olivia *

V. Bozeman Veronika Jean Bozeman (born January 9, 1988) is an American singer and actress best known for her recurring role as Veronica in the Fox primetime musical drama television series ''Empire''. Bozeman began her career vocal producing songs such as ...

as Cici

Release

The film was released in theaters and on VOD and digital platforms on August 7, 2020.

Reception

The film has rating on

Rotten Tomatoes Rotten Tomatoes is an American review-aggregation website for film and television. The company was launched in August 1998 by three undergraduate students at the University of California, Berkeley: Senh Duong, Patrick Y. Lee, and Stephen Wang ...

. Anthony Ray Bench of ''

Film Threat ''Film Threat'' is an online film review publication, and earlier, a national magazine that focused primarily on independent film, although it also reviewed videos and DVDs of mainstream films, as well as Hollywood movies in theaters. It first ...

'' gave the film a 7 out of 10. Jeffrey M. Anderson of Common Sense Media awarded the film one star out of five. Joe Leydon of '' Variety'' gave the film a negative review and wrote, "Christian Sesma’s derivative crime drama offers modest diversion for undemanding genre aficionados."

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