“Lights Out” Theatrical Poster
With titles like Take Back and Section 8, Christian Sesma (Vigilante Diaries) is becoming the go-to director for ensemble films featuring B-movie action stars. His latest, Lights Out (read our review), for LA-based production company Firebrand, will feature an all-star cast that includes Frank Grillo (Boss Level), Mekhi Phifer (Truth Be Told), Scott Adkins (Castle Falls), JuJu Chan (Jiu Jitsu), Dermot Mulroney (Hanna), Jaime King (Bulletproof Monk) and MMA fighter-turned-actor Donald Cerrone (Project Legion).
In Lights Out, a homeless veteran, Michael “Duffy” Duffield (Grillo), meets a talkative Ex-Con, Max Bomer (Phifer) who notices Duffy’s skills after he gets into a bar fight and offers him a well-paying “job” competing in underground fight clubs. The pair form an unlikely partnership after their first fight and decide to travel to LA so Duffy can atone for his past and Max can pay back a crime boss, Sage Parker (Mulroney). Duffy enters Sage’s fight club and eventually wins, but it also gets him tied up in the crime world and offered jobs he can’t refuse, including one with Sage’s partner and Police officer, Ellen Ridgway (King). The deeper Duffy goes in this world, the more deadly it gets.
The upcoming film is based on a screenplay by Garry Charles (Welcome To Acapulco) and Chad Law (Black Water, Close Range), featuring stunt choreography by Luke LaFontaine (The Rundown, Iron Man).
Lights Out is In Theaters, On Digital and On Demand on February 16, 2024. Don’t miss the film’s Trailer below:
This might be decent. It’ll be interesting to see how Frank Grillo’s skills are showcased against various martial artists. That Netflix series Fightworld, where he travels the world learning about different martial arts shows that he has a knack for the subject.