American Violence is a 2017 American

crime drama Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combin ...

film directed and produced by Timothy Woodward Jr. and produced by Jose Alvarado, Lauren De Normandie, Henry Penzi and Michael Long. The film stars Bruce Dern,

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, Kaiwi Lyman-Mersereau,

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, and

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. With a running time of 107 minutes, it was released in a limited theatrical engagement as well as on video-on-demand by Cinedigm on February 3, 2017.

Premise

Fascinated by the root causes of violent behavior, globally renowned psychologist Dr. Amanda Tyler has an opportunity to interview and analyze death row inmate Jackson Shea. As the interview commences with Jackson's fate hanging in the balance, Amanda must determine whether or not a stay of execution should be granted.

Cast

* Bruce Dern as Richard Morton *

as Amanda Tyler * Kaiwi Lyman-Mersereau as Jackson Shea *

as Ben Woods *

as Brad *

as Martin Bigg * Johnny Messner as Paul *

Nick Chinlund Zareh Nicholas Chinlund (born November 18, 1961) is an American actor. Early life and education Chinlund was born in New York City. He attended the Friends Seminary in Lower Manhattan, later moving to Albany, New York in order to participate in ...

as Belmonte *

Patrick Kilpatrick Patrick Kilpatrick (born August 20, 1949), is an American actor, director, screenwriter, producer, journalist, international entertainment speaker and teacher. He has appeared in over 180 films and television series. Kilpatrick ran for Governor ...

as Charlie Rose * Michele Santopietro as Cynthia Shea * Stipe Miocic as Hal *

Emma Rigby Emma Catherine Rigby (born 26 September 1989) is an English actress. After rising to prominence for her role as Hannah Ashworth in ''Hollyoaks'', she later played Gemma Roscoe in the BBC One drama series ''Prisoners' Wives'' and as the Red Que ...

as Olivia Rose *Michael John Long as Riggs *Willow Hale as Beatrice

Release

The film was released in the U.S. on February 3, 2017.

References

External links

* American crime thriller films 2017 crime thriller films 2010s English-language films Films directed by Timothy Woodward Jr. 2010s American films {{2010s-crime-drama-film-stub