Exclusive: Mickey Rourke, Lou Diamond Phillips, Penelope Ann Miller, Sean Astin, Kelly Arjen (Strange Ones) and Thomas Ian Nicholas (Please Give, Rules of Attraction) will star in Adverse, an indie neo-noir drama written and to be directed by Brian A. Metcalf.
The film hails from Red Compass Media in association with Black Jellybeans Productions. It’s about a man who tries to save his younger sister after he discovers she is addicted to drugs and caught in a seedy underworld. Rourke will star as Kaden, the underworld boss who runs operations and who hires Ethan (Nicholas), a rideshare driver who discovers his younger sister (Arjen) has become entangled in drugs and debt.
Phillips will play Dr. Cruz, a parole officer who tries to prevent Ethan from going back to his old habits.
The film hails from Red Compass Media in association with Black Jellybeans Productions. It’s about a man who tries to save his younger sister after he discovers she is addicted to drugs and caught in a seedy underworld. Rourke will star as Kaden, the underworld boss who runs operations and who hires Ethan (Nicholas), a rideshare driver who discovers his younger sister (Arjen) has become entangled in drugs and debt.
Phillips will play Dr. Cruz, a parole officer who tries to prevent Ethan from going back to his old habits.
- 10/30/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
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