''Retribution'' is an upcoming

action thriller film Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist is thrust into a series of events that typically involve violence and physical feats. The genre tends to feature a mostly resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds, which include life ...

directed by

Nimród Antal Nimród E. Antal (; born November 30, 1973) is a Hungarian-American film director, screenwriter and actor. Life and career Antal was born in Los Angeles, California, to parents of Hungarian descent. In 1991, following his father's advice, Anta ...

from a screenplay by Chris Salmanpour. It stars

Liam Neeson William John Neeson (born 7 June 1952) is an actor from Northern Ireland. He has received several accolades, including nominations for an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and two Tony Awards. In 2020, he was placed 7th on ''The I ...

Noma Dumezweni Noma Dumezweni (born 28 July 1969) is a British actress. In 2006, she won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role for her performance as Ruth Younger in ''A Raisin in the Sun'' at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre. In 20 ...

, Lilly Aspell,

Jack Champion Jack Champion (born November 16, 2004) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Spider, a human teenager living on Pandora, who first appeared in '' Avatar: The Way of Water'' (2022). He also played Ethan Landry in the slasher film ''Sc ...

Embeth Davidtz Embeth Jean Davidtz (born August 11, 1965) is an American-South African actress. Her screen roles include movies such as ''Army of Darkness'', ''Schindler's List, '' ''Matilda'', ''Mansfield Park'', '' Bicentennial Man'', '' Fallen,'' '' Junebug ...

and

Matthew Modine Matthew Avery Modine (born March 22, 1959) is an American actor and filmmaker, who rose to prominence through his role as U.S. Marine Private/Sergeant J.T. "Joker" Davis in ''Full Metal Jacket''. His other film roles include the title character ...

. It is a remake of the 2015 Spanish film ''El desconocido''. The film is scheduled to be released on August 25, 2023.

Plot

While driving his kids to school, financier Matt Turner is suddenly threatened by a mysterious bomber.

Cast

as Matt Turner *

Lilly Aspell Lilly Aspell (born 23 October 2007) is a British actress and equestrian show jumper. Early life and education Aspell was born in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire to Scottish and Irish jockeys Donna Caldwell and Paddy Aspell and spent her early childhoo ...

Arian Moayed Arian Moayed ( fa, آرین مؤید, born April 15, 1980) is an Iranian-American actor, writer, and director. Moayed received a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in ''Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo'' a ...

Production

Retribution is an American, French, German and Spanish co-production by

StudioCanal StudioCanal S.A.S. (formerly known as Le Studio Canal+, Canal Plus, Canal+ Distribution, Canal+ D.A., Canal+ Production, and Canal+ Image and also known as StudioCanal International) is a French film production and distribution company that owns ...

and Studio Babelsberg Motion Pictures. It was shot mainly at

Babelsberg Studios Babelsberg Film Studio (german: Filmstudio Babelsberg), located in Potsdam-Babelsberg outside Berlin, Germany, is the second oldest large-scale film studio in the world only preceded by the Danish Nordisk Film (est. 1906), producing films since ...

Potsdam Potsdam () is the capital and, with around 183,000 inhabitants, largest city of the German state of Brandenburg. It is part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. Potsdam sits on the River Havel, a tributary of the Elbe, downstream of B ...

and in the streets of

Berlin Berlin is Capital of Germany, the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and List of cities in Germany by population, by population. Its more than 3.85 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European U ...

, where the story takes place. Originally announced in 2017, Neeson was confirmed to be starring in November 2020. In May 2021, it was announced that Champion and Aspell were cast to portray the son and daughter respectively of Neeson's character. In June 2021, it was announced that Modine, Davidtz and Moayed were cast in the film. In July 2021, ''

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'' reported that Modine completed his scenes that were filmed in Germany. The film's score was composed by

Harry Gregson-Williams Harry Gregson-Williams (born 13 December 1961) is a British composer, conductor, orchestrator, and record producer. He has composed music for video games, television and films including the ''Metal Gear'' series, ''Spy Game'', '' Phone Booth'' ...

Release

In November 2022,

Lionsgate Films Lionsgate Films (formerly known as Cinépix Film Properties) is an American film production and film distribution studio, headquartered in Santa Monica and founded in Canada, and is the flagship division of Lionsgate Entertainment. It is the lar ...

acquired the distribution rights to the film for the United States, Canada and India from StudioCanal and

The Picture Company The Picture Company is an entertainment company founded in 2014, by Andrew Rona and Alex Heineman. It specializes in film, starting off moderately in 2018 with Jaume Collet-Serra's '' The Commuter'' and Albert Hughes' '' Alpha''. History Foundi ...

, later collaborating with

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in the aforementioned territories and

PVR Inox Pictures PVR Inox Pictures (formerly PVR Pictures) is the film distribution arm of PVR INOX, which also owns PVR Cinemas and INOX Leisure, two of the largest multiplex companies in India. PVR Pictures was renamed as PVR INOX Pictures post the completio ...

in India under a later deal to release the film. The film is scheduled to be released on August 25, 2023.

References

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