''Blood Out'' is a 2011 American

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written by Jason Hewitt and John A. O'Connell and starring

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and

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. The film is Hewitt's directorial debut.

Premise

Small town Cop Michael Savion (

) gets stone-walled by big city detectives led by Hardwick (

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) when he asks them to investigate his younger brother's death. After his brother's death he swears vengeance in a flashback where he fires his gun in the rain over his dead body. His brother David (

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), a gangster, was murdered by members of his own gang for having wanted to quit the gang lifestyle in order to marry Gloria (a gang members sister), and for being suspected of 'ratting' out his gangs activities. Savion takes off his badge and goes vigilante to seek justice for the death of his brother, and crosses paths with Arturo (

), the leader of an international ring involved in

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Cast

as Michael *

Tamer Hassan Tamer Hassan (born 18 March 1968) is a British actor. He is best known for his role as the leader of the Millwall firm, opposite Danny Dyer, in '' The Football Factory''. Hassan has also appeared in ''Batman Begins'', Declan O'Brien's '' Wrong ...

as Elias *

AnnaLynne McCord AnnaLynne McCord (born July 16, 1987) is an American actress, activist, and model. Known for playing vixen-type roles, McCord first gained prominence in 2007 as the scheming Eden Lord on the FX television series ''Nip/Tuck'', and as the pampe ...

as Anya *

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as Zed *

as Hardwick *

as Arturo *

Ed Quinn Arthur Edward Quinn (born February 26, 1968) is an American actor, model and musician. He played recurring roles in a number of television series, including ''2 Broke Girls'', ''Mistresses'', and '' One Day at a Time''. From 2006 to 2012 he starr ...

as Anthony *

as David *

Ambyr Childers Ambyr C. Childers (born July 18, 1988) is an American actress known for her portrayal of Susan Atkins in the NBC crime drama ''Aquarius'', Ashley Rucker in the Showtime crime drama ''Ray Donovan'', and Candace Stone in the Lifetime/Netflix th ...

as Medic *

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as Detective * Jesse Pruett as Methhead *

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as Hector *

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as Gloria

Production

Filming began May 10, 2010 on locations in

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appears in the film. Despite reports of an earlier conflict with actor

, both were quite amicable on and off the set. WWE Wrestler

stars in the film. As an unusual method of "clearing his head" on set after "flubbing" an occasional line of dialog, Val Kilmer would briefly break into dog-like barks and howls. Lionsgate/Grindstone acquired distribution rights for the U.S. and Canada while Lionsgate U.K. acquired distribution right for the UK, and has announced tentative plans for an end-of-year domestic release of the film.

Soundtrack

The film was scored by Jermaine Stegall, and features the single "Hells Gates" by Colin C. Allrich under his Slighter alias. Also T. Lee from DesFly Entertainment song called "Im The Shit.

Release

The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray in America on April 26, 2011.

References

External links

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Podcast interview with Jason Hewitt
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