The new thriller directed by brothers Kevin and Michel Goetz (Scenic Route, Martyrs) strains for biblical resonance in its tale of deadly violence and sibling conflict. Unfortunately, the themes don't resonate in sufficiently powerful fashion to compensate for the film's sluggish pacing and strained melodramatics. Featuring, for some reason, a mostly Australian and British cast in the major roles, A Violent Separation proves mostly tedious and forgettable.
The story is set in rural America, where guns, and gun accidents, are a way of life. Sure enough, the precipitating event in Michael Arkof's screenplay is the accidental firing of a ...
The story is set in rural America, where guns, and gun accidents, are a way of life. Sure enough, the precipitating event in Michael Arkof's screenplay is the accidental firing of a ...
- 5/16/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The new thriller directed by brothers Kevin and Michel Goetz (Scenic Route, Martyrs) strains for biblical resonance in its tale of deadly violence and sibling conflict. Unfortunately, the themes don't resonate in sufficiently powerful fashion to compensate for the film's sluggish pacing and strained melodramatics. Featuring, for some reason, a mostly Australian and British cast in the major roles, A Violent Separation proves mostly tedious and forgettable.
The story is set in rural America, where guns, and gun accidents, are a way of life. Sure enough, the precipitating event in Michael Arkof's screenplay is the accidental firing of a ...
The story is set in rural America, where guns, and gun accidents, are a way of life. Sure enough, the precipitating event in Michael Arkof's screenplay is the accidental firing of a ...
- 5/16/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A brother must choose between upholding the law or saving his brother from a life behind bars—or worse—in A Violent Separation, and with the thriller coming to theaters and VOD on May 17th from Screen Media, we've been provided with an exclusive clip to share with Daily Dead readers.
Below, you can watch Frances Campbell (Alycia Debnam-Carey) confront Norman Young (Brenton Thwaites) after discovering a deadly secret that will threaten not only their relationship, but life as they know it.
Directed by Kevin and Michael Goetz from a screenplay by Michael Arkof, A Violent Separation stars Thwaites, Ben Robson, Debnam-Carey and Claire Holt.
Synopsis: "In a quiet midwestern town, a deputy named Norman Young is faced with an impossible decision; arrest his older brother Ray for murder or help him cover it up. Norman chooses family. As the ensuing investigation withers, neither of the brothers are prepared for...
Below, you can watch Frances Campbell (Alycia Debnam-Carey) confront Norman Young (Brenton Thwaites) after discovering a deadly secret that will threaten not only their relationship, but life as they know it.
Directed by Kevin and Michael Goetz from a screenplay by Michael Arkof, A Violent Separation stars Thwaites, Ben Robson, Debnam-Carey and Claire Holt.
Synopsis: "In a quiet midwestern town, a deputy named Norman Young is faced with an impossible decision; arrest his older brother Ray for murder or help him cover it up. Norman chooses family. As the ensuing investigation withers, neither of the brothers are prepared for...
- 5/15/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Screen Media has acquired North American rights to A Violent Separation, the crime thriller directed by Kevin and Michael Goetz and starring Brenton Thwaites, Alycia Debnam-Carey and Ben Robson. With the deal, struck at the American Film Market with sales agent Double Dutch International, a first-half 2019 day-and-date theatrical release is planned.
Claire Holt, Francesca Eastwood, Gerald McRaney and Ted Levine also star in the pic, which is set in a small Midwestern town and centers on two brothers (Thwaites and Robson) who struggle with the terrible truth behind a tragedy that aims to tear three generations of family apart. Michael Arkof penned the script.
Dan Clifton produced via his Mortem Aut Triumphum along with Catapult Entertainment Group’s Kevin Goetz and Christopher Watkins. Screen Media’s Seth Needle made the deal with Double Dutch’s Mark Padilla.
Claire Holt, Francesca Eastwood, Gerald McRaney and Ted Levine also star in the pic, which is set in a small Midwestern town and centers on two brothers (Thwaites and Robson) who struggle with the terrible truth behind a tragedy that aims to tear three generations of family apart. Michael Arkof penned the script.
Dan Clifton produced via his Mortem Aut Triumphum along with Catapult Entertainment Group’s Kevin Goetz and Christopher Watkins. Screen Media’s Seth Needle made the deal with Double Dutch’s Mark Padilla.
- 11/2/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales' Brenton Thwaites and Ben Robson have been cast in the lead roles in the crime thriller A Violent Separation.
The two-hander, written by Michael Arkof and directed by Kevin and Michael Goetz, tells the story of a quiet Midwestern town, where a young sheriff, played by Thwaites, covers up a murder at the hands of his older brother, Ray (Robson). Neither of the young men are prepared for the passionate romance that blossoms between Norman and the victim’s younger sister, Frances, played by Alycia Debnam-Carey.
A Violent Separation, shooting...
The two-hander, written by Michael Arkof and directed by Kevin and Michael Goetz, tells the story of a quiet Midwestern town, where a young sheriff, played by Thwaites, covers up a murder at the hands of his older brother, Ray (Robson). Neither of the young men are prepared for the passionate romance that blossoms between Norman and the victim’s younger sister, Frances, played by Alycia Debnam-Carey.
A Violent Separation, shooting...
- 10/20/2017
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Brenton Thwaites (Oculus) and Ben Robson (The Boy) have been cast as the leads in the two-handed crime thriller "A Violent Separation. Also joining them will be Alycia Debnam-Carey (Fear the Walking Dead), Claire Holt (47 Meters Down) with Francesca Eastwood, Gerald McRaney and Ted Levine. It is being directed by Kevin and Michael Goetz. Written by Michael Arkof, A Violent Separation tells the story of a quiet Midwestern town, where Norman (Thwaites), a young deputy…...
- 10/19/2017
- Deadline
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