''Precious Cargo'' is a 2016 Canadian
action film
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directed by Max Adams and written by Adams and Paul V. Seetachitt. The film stars
Mark-Paul Gosselaar
Mark-Paul Harry Gosselaar (; born March 1, 1974) is an American actor. He is known for his television roles, most notably as Zack Morris in ''Saved by the Bell''. In 1991, he won a Young Artist Award for Best Young Actor Starring in an Off-Pri ...
,
Bruce Willis
Walter Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955) is a retired American actor. He achieved fame with a leading role on the comedy-drama series ''Moonlighting'' (1985–1989) and appeared in over a hundred films, gaining recognition as an action hero a ...
,
Claire Forlani
Claire Antonia Forlani (born 17 December 1971) is an English actress. She became known in the mid-1990s for her leading role in the film ''Mallrats'', and in the Jean-Michel Basquiat 1996 biopic, ''Basquiat''. In 1998, she achieved wide recog ...
,
John Brotherton
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, Lydia Hull, and
Daniel Bernhardt
Daniel Bernhardt (born 31 August 1965) is a Swiss actor, model, and martial artist.
Career
Bernhardt made his acting debut in the leading role in '' Bloodsport II: The Next Kumite'' (1996). He also appeared in two of its sequels and starred in ...
. The film was released on April 22, 2016, by
Lionsgate Premiere
Lionsgate Premiere is the speciality film division of entertainment company Lionsgate Films that specializes in direct-to-video and direct-to-video on demand.
Background
On April 1, 2015, Lionsgate confirmed they had launched
speciality division ...
. The film was panned by critics.
Plot
To get back in the good graces of her murderous boss (Bruce Willis), a seductive thief (Claire Forlani) recruits an ex-lover (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) to steal rare and valuable gems.
Cast
Production
The movie was filmed in
Gulfport, MS
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at the
Island View Casino
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History
The Island View is the successor to the Copa Casino, which was first located on a docked cruise ship and then a barge-based building at the Mississippi State ...
and the
Port of Gulfport
Gulfport is the second-largest city in Mississippi after the state capital, Jackson. Along with Biloxi, Gulfport is the co-county seat of Harrison County and the larger of the two principal cities of the Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi Metropolitan ...
in 2015.
Release
The film was released on April 22, 2016, by
Lionsgate Premiere
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Background
On April 1, 2015, Lionsgate confirmed they had launched
speciality division ...
and filming in
New York City
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,
New York
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Film and television
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.
Box office
As of July 24, 2020, ''Precious Cargo'' grossed $567,064 in the United Arab Emirates, Portugal, Turkey, United Kingdom, and Thailand.
Reception
On
Rotten Tomatoes
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, it has
an approval rating of 0%, based on 22 reviews, with an average rating of 2.6/10. On
Metacritic
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, the film has a weighted average score of 27 out of 100, based on reviews from 4 critics.
Ian Freer of
Empire
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magazine wrote: "In the ’90s it would have been a serviceable DTV alternative when the Van Damme/Jeff Wincott flick was out at Blockbuster. These days it is a lacklustre anachronism. Bruce Willis should really know better."
Peter Bradshaw of ''
The Guardian
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'' gave it 1 out of 5 and wrote: "A straight-to-video nightmare is all that's on offer here."
See also
*
Bruce Willis filmography
American actor Bruce Willis began his career in 1980 with an uncredited role in ''The First Deadly Sin''. After guest-starring in a 1984 episode of ''Miami Vice'', he appeared in the first episode of the 1985 revival of ''The Twilight Zone' ...
References
External links
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2016 films
2016 independent films
2016 action thriller films
2016 crime drama films
2016 crime thriller films
Canadian action thriller films
Canadian crime thriller films
Canadian heist films
English-language Canadian films
Lionsgate films
2010s English-language films
2010s Canadian films