Samuel Goldwyn Films announced today that the company has acquired U.S. rights to Jesse V. Johnson’s action thriller Avengement. The film stars Scott Adkins (Accident Man, Doctor Strange), Craig Fairbrass (London Heist), Nick Moran (Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels), Thomas Turgoose (Kingsman: The Golden Circle, This Is England), Kierston Wareing (Fish Tank, 100 Streets), and Louis Mandylor (My Big Fat Greek Wedding, In The Eyes Of A Killer). Bleiberg Entertainment produced the film through its Compound B genre label and is handling worldwide sales. The film will be released in theatres and on digital May 24th.
According to an official plot synopsis released by Samuel Goldwyn Films:
While released on furlough from prison, a lowly criminal evades his guards and returns to his old haunts to take revenge on the people that made him a cold-hearted killer. It’s an epic, bloody battle to search for the soul he lost years ago on the streets of an unforgiving city.
Avengement was directed by Jesse V. Johnson, from a screenplay he wrote with Stu Small. The film was produced by Ehud Bleiberg and Joe Karimi-Nik; and executive produced by Nicholas Donnermeyer and Scott Adkins.
Jim Dixon 