Free Fire

Director - Ben Wheatley
Writers - Ben Wheatley, Amy Jump
Cast - Brie Larson Cillian Murphy, Armie Hammer, Michael Smiley, Sharlto Copley, Jack Reynor, Sam Riley, Noah Taylor, Patrick Bergin
Producer - Andrew Starke
Executive Producer - Martin Scorsese, Danny Perkins
Production Companies - Rook Films, BFI, Film4
Completion Guarantor - Peter La Terriere (European Film Bonds)

SYNOPSIS

Massachusetts late ‘70s. Justine (Brie Larson) has brokered a meeting in a deserted warehouse between two Irishmen (Cillian Murphy, Michael Smiley) and a gang led by Vernon (Sharlto Copley) and Ord (Armie Hammer) who are selling them a stash of guns. But when shots are fired in the handover, a heart-stopping game of survival ensues.

FILM FESTIVALS & AWARDS

OFFICIAL SELECTION - BFI London Film Festival 2016 (European Premiere)
OFFICIAL SELECTION - British Independent Film Awards 2016 (Best Director)
OFFICIAL SELECTION - Calgary Underground Film Festival 2017 (Alberta Premiere)
OFFICIAL SELECTION - Dingle Film Festival 2017 - Opening Film
OFFICIAL SELECTION - Dubai International Film Festival 2016 - MENA Premiere
OFFICIAL SELECTION - Dublin International Film Festival 2017 (Gala Presentation)
OFFICIAL SELECTION - Glasgow Film Festival 2017 (Gala Presentation)
OFFICIAL SELECTION - Imagine Film Festival 2017
WINNER - Macau Film Festival 2016 (Best Screenplay)
OFFICIAL SELECTION - Mar del Plata Film Festival 2016 (Best Film)

FILM REVIEWS

"Brie Larson, Cillian Murphy and a dazzling cast assemble for Ben Wheatley's blistering, bullets-flying action movie set in 1970s Boston" ★★★★ Tom Huddleston, Time Out

"A sure fire cult classic...Fantastic" Edith Bowman, Virgin Radio

"Free Fire is the funniest, meanest gunfight you'll see all year" Tom Philip, GQ Magazine 

"If its clip gets emptied before the characters' ammunition runs out, the film still hits its target dead-center" ★★★☆ David Fear, Rolling Stone

"Free Fire is a fun romp for those missing a little Quentin Tarantino-style insanity in their filmgoing lives." ★★★☆ Brian Truitt, USA Today

"It's smart, stylish and dazzlingly put together" ★★★★ Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian 

"Mr. Wheatley's "High-Rise" was a highlight of 2016, and again he shows that he's a technically virtuosic director whose humor has a bracingly nasty side. He's also no dummy." Glenn Kenny, New York Times

"Ben Wheatley has created an instant classic with Free Fire set to be studied by wannabe directors for years to come" ★★★★★ Jamie East, The Sun

"Finally, a film that is as enjoyable to watch as it presumably was to remake" ★★★★ Little White Lies 

"Free Fire devotes itself to a whole hour of flying stuff -- bullets, barbs, quips, broken glass and other detritus, some of it human. It is complete, beautifully choreographed chaos, punctuated by unexpectedly funny lines" ★★★1/2 Liz Braun, Toronto Sun