''Nitro Rush'' is a Canadian action drama film, directed by

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and released in 2016. A sequel to his 2007 film ''

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'', the film stars

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reprising his role as Max, who is now in prison for murdering a police officer. One day a mysterious woman (

Micheline Lanctôt Micheline Lanctôt (born May 12, 1947) is a Canadian actress, film director, screenwriter, and musician. Biography Lanctôt was born in Frelighsburg, Quebec. Her post-secondary education was in music, fine arts, and theatre at ''Collège Jés ...

) shows up to solicit his help in breaking up a criminal gang in which his son Théo (Antoine DesRochers) has gotten involved, leading him to break out of prison and join forces with gang leader Daphné (

Madeleine Péloquin Madeleine Péloquin is a Canadian actress from Quebec. She is most noted for her performance in the 2011 film '' For the Love of God (Pour l'amour de Dieu)'', for which she received a Jutra Award nomination for Best Actress at the 14th Jutra Awar ...

) to steal the formula for a new

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drug. The film opened in theatres on August 31, 2016.
"Nitro Rush: allez hop, cascades!"
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'', August 31, 2016. The film received four

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nominations at the

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in 2017, for

Best Art Direction The Academy Award for Best Production Design recognizes achievement for art direction in film. The category's original name was Best Art Direction, but was changed to its current name in 2012 for the 85th Academy Awards. This change resulted fro ...

(Dominique Desrochers),

Best Cinematography The following is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various films, festivals, and people's awards. Best Actor/Best Actress *See Best Actor#Film awards, Best ...

(

Tobie Marier Robitaille Tobie Marier Robitaille is a Canadian cinematographer. He is most noted for the documentary film '' Big Giant Wave (Comme une vague)'', for which he and Josée Deshaies won the Prix Iris for Best Cinematography in a Documentary at the 24th Quebe ...

), Best Makeup (Marlène Rouleau) and

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(Stéphane Bergeron, Martin Desmarais and Marie-Claude Gagné).

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* 2016 films Canadian action drama films Canadian prison drama films Films shot in Quebec Films set in Quebec Films directed by Alain DesRochers 2016 drama films 2010s prison drama films French-language Canadian films 2010s Canadian films Films scored by FM Le Sieur {{2010s-Canada-film-stub