It’s a good time to be an indie movie right now, since there isn’t that much competition from studio blockbusters. Whether it’s a good time to be an indie movie starringArmie Hammerright now, well, we’ll soon see, as Quiver Distribution has just released a trailer for the embattled actor’s latest indie movieCrisis.
Written and directed byNicholas Jarecki,Crisisfollows an assortment of characters, each of whom have some role to play within America’s ongoing opioid epidemic. Characters include a drug trafficker arranging a multi-cartel Fentanyl smuggling operation, an architect recovering from an Oxycodone addiction and looking for answers about her son’s disappearance, and a university professor battling unexpected revelations about his employer, a pharmaceutical company bringing a new “non-addictive” painkiller to market. LikeBabel,Crash,MagnoliaandPulp Fiction, these storylines are fated to intersect, and the collision may be deadly.
Joining Hammer are Oscar winnersGary OldmanandGreg Kinnear, as well asEvangeline Lilly,Luke Evans,Michelle Rodriguez,Scott Mescudi,Lily-Rose Depp,Martin Donovan,Duke NicholsonandVeronica Ferres.
Jarecki teamed withCassian Elwesto produceCrisis, which Oldman executive produced along withDouglas Urbanski,Michael Suppes,Tony Hsieh,Mohammed Al Turki,Lisa Wilson,William Rosenfeld,Sam Slater,David BernonandSamuel Reich. The film serves as Jarecki’s follow-up toArbitrage, which earned a Golden Globe nomination for its star,Richard Gere, and went on to become the highest grossing indie film to ever be released “day and date” in theaters and on VOD.
Hammer has found himself in the headlines of late following a social media scandal – side note, when will actors learn that Twitter is hazardous to their careers? – thatforced him to bow outof Lionsgate’s upcoming action comedyShotgun WeddingstarringJennifer Lopez. It’s possible that Hammer wound up dodging a bullet there, but I’m still curious to see whether his presence inCrisiswill hurt the film, or bringing extra attention to it.
We’ll find out whenCrisishits theaters on Feb. 26 before makings its way to VOD/digital platforms on March 5. Watch the trailer below, and check out the film’s new poster while you’re scrolling down.
