A Violent Man Preview and Q&A

I was pleased to be invited to introduce and host an advanced preview screening and Q&A for powerful new prison film, A Violent Man, for Vertigo Releasing. It took place at London’s Genesis Cinema, which I’m a big fan of.

The Q&A included actor and filmmaker Ross McCall (Band of Brothers) making his directorial debut, plus actors Craig Fairbrass (Muscle), Stephen Odubola (Blue Story) and Zoë Tapper (Liar). It was an excellent conversation breaking down this hard-hitting and powerful, unflinching film.

In the story, Steve Mackleson (Craig Fairbrass) is a violent and dangerous prisoner, incarcerated for double murder in a maximum security prison, and wracked with inner turmoil about his past sins and unquenchable need for carnage. When Marcus (Stephen Odubola) becomes his new cell mate, and a daughter he has never met finally requests a chance to meet her estranged father, Steve must reconsider his nihilistic outlook and brutal outbursts. When Marcus becomes the victim of a revenge attack, Steve steps in to save him and they both become marked men, their sentences set to be cut short, the hard way.

A Violent Man is available now