''Cinnamon'' is a 2023 American thriller film written and directed by Bryian Keith Montgomery Jr. and starring

Hailey Kilgore Hailey Frances Kilgore is an American actress and singer. Her breakthrough role was as Ti Moune in the Broadway revival of coming-of-age one-act stage musical '' Once on This Island'', a performance for which the 19-year-old was nominated for ...

Pam Grier Pamela Suzette Grier (born May 26, 1949) is an American actress, singer, and martial artist. Described by Quentin Tarantino as cinema's first female action star, she achieved fame for her starring roles in a string of 1970s action, blaxploitati ...

and

Damon Wayans Damon Kyle Wayans Sr. (; born September 4, 1960) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, producer, and writer. A member of the Wayans family of entertainers, Damon performed as a comedian and actor throughout the 1980s, including a brief stint ...

, in his first film role since 2011.

Cast

as Jodi Jackson *

David Iacono David Iacono (born June 20, 2002) is an American actor. On television, he appeared in the Amazon Prime series ''The Summer I Turned Pretty'' (2022–2023) and the Netflix series ''Dead Boy Detectives'' (2024). He has starred in the films ''Cinna ...

as Eddie *

Jeremie Harris Jeremie Harris is an American actor. He is primarily known for his portrayal of Ptonomy Wallace in FX's ''Legion''. Biography Jeremie Harris grew up in New Rochelle where he had ambitions to become a basketball player. He gave up on this dream w ...

as James Walker *

as Mama *

as Wally

Production

In March 2022, it was announced that Kilgore, Iacono and Harris were cast in the film with production occurring in Atlanta. In April 2022, it was announced that Wayans and Grier were added to the cast.

Release

The film premiered at the

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in June 2023. It was released on

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on June 23, 2023.

Reception

The film has an 86% rating on

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based on seven reviews.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 19227682 Films shot in Atlanta Blaxploitation films Tubi original programming Village Roadshow Pictures films