''Dangerous'' is a 2021

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directed by David Hackl and starring

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, and

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. The film was released on November 5, 2021. It was David Hackl's fifth film as director. ''Dangerous'' was produced by

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, Ben DeWalt and Doug Falconer under the banners of

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and Falconer Pictures; and marks the last film of Falconer as a producer - he suddenly died in July 2021 before the release of the film. The film was distributed in the United States and the United Kingdom by

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. It received negative reviews from critics for its plot and action.

Plot

Dylan Forrester, a psychopath and former assassin, is suppressing his instincts and taking mood stabiliser medication Lithium which is incorrectly described on the bottle in the movie, supervised by Dr. Alderwood. He dodges his parole to travel to Guardian Island, an island owned by his family, to reconcile after the sudden death of his brother, Sean. His mother, Linda Forrester, despises him for his true nature and encourages him to leave. Meanwhile, Agent Shaughnessy is trying to track Dylan down for dodging his parole believing he's too dangerous. Sheriff McCoy, Guardian Island's Sheriff discovers Dylan is a wanted fugitive and arrests him and locks him in the island's bunker. A fixer named Cole lands on the island with his crew of mercenaries and kills Sheriff McCoy. A hotel employee named Jo hears the attack and teams up with Dylan to escape, letting him go. When Cole's crew raid the house, one of his crew is knocked out by Dylan after calling the crew informing them Dylan escaped. The crew leave the house to search for Dylan. Dylan returns to the house and helps his family protect themselves. Dylan kills two of Cole's crew and has suspicions that Sean was hiding something in the house that led Cole to the island. Cole claims that nobody on the island is of importance to him and that he only wants what's on the island. Dylan and the survivors find a secret passage set up by Sean. Dylan realizes that Sean partnered with Cole to buy the island believing something valuable is there. The family enters the passage and discovers a Japanese submarine containing

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stolen during World War 2. Cole's mercenaries find the secret lair and a shootout begins; Massey and Dylan fight back against the mercenaries using one of the submarine's

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s. Cole holds Linda at gunpoint and forces Dylan to help him steal the gold. Massey tries to shoot Cole with the deck gun but Cole kills him instead. Dylan refuses Cole and throws the gold he tried to steal into the water. They are ambushed by Agent Shaughnessy, who's shot and wounded by Cole. Cole tries to throw Linda into the water and she's left hanging from a platform. Dylan stabs Cole to death and throws him into the water and saves his mother. The survivors leave the island and Dylan takes some of the gold. Dylan bids farewell to Dr. Alderwood in a phone call and dumps his mood stabilising medication into the ocean.

Cast

Production

In November 2020, it was announced that Scott Eastwood and Tyrese Gibson were set to star in the film alongside Mel Gibson. Later that month, the film was presented to buyers at the

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. Filming began in late November 2020 and occurred at various parts of Canada including

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and the

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. Principal photography took place in December 2020, and concluded on December 23. During the shooting in Kamloops amidst the

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, Tyrese Gibson donated his unused hotel rooms to a homeless family. His gesture received wide coverage including that from ''

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''. By the end of December 2020, ''Dangerous'' was sold to multiple international territories including Germany, Spain, Portugal, Eastern Europe, the Middle-East and the Commonwealth of Independent States. In March 2021,

acquired the

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for the US, UK and Canada.

Release

In October 2021, Lionsgate revealed the official poster of the film. ''Dangerous'' was released in the US and Canada theatres as well as on-demand on 5 November 2021. On 18 November, it was released in the Middle East followed by release in Europe in mid-December 2021. ''Dangerous'' received worldwide DVD and Blu-ray release on 14 December 2021.

Reception

The film was nominated at the

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in two categories as well as in two categories at the

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. ''Dangerous'' hit '' Netflix Top 10 Movies'' in the Netherlands for three weeks in January 2022. The film hit '' Amazon Prime TOP 10'' in Italy, Germany and the US where it stayed for more than seven weeks. Overall, the film hit ''Top 10'' in 17 countries across various

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References

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