Cartels (film)

Cartels also known as Killing Salazar[1] is a 2017 action film starring Luke Goss, with Steven Seagal in a minor role, and directed by Keoni Waxman. It had a limited theatrical release on July 7, 2017 and was released on DVD and digital streaming on September 19, 2017.

Cartels
Directed byKeoni Waxman
Written byKeoni Waxman
Richard Beattie
StarringSteven Seagal
Luke Goss
Georges St-Pierre
Darren E. Scott
Florin Piersic Jr.
Music byMichael Richard Plowman
CinematographyNathan Wilson
Production
company
Daro Film Distribution
24TL Productions
Action House
Distributed byLionsgate
Release date
July 7, 2017
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Cast
  • Steven Seagal as John Harrison
  • Martine Argent as Amanda Chavez
  • Luke Goss as Tom Jensen
  • Georges St-Pierre as Bruno Sinclaire
  • Darren E. Scott as Skony
  • Florin Piersic Jr. as Joseph "El Tiburon" Salazar

Production

Originally titled Killing Salazar, the film was directed by Keoni Waxman and written by Waxman and Richard Beattie.[2][3] Luke Goss was chosen to play the protagonist, U.S. Marshal Tom Jensen, whereas Steven Seagal, who had collaborated with Waxman on more than half a dozen projects, was cast in a minor role.[2] Seagal also produced the film alongside Binh Dang.[3] Michael Richard Plowman composed the film's soundtrack.[3]

Reception

Noel Murray of the Los Angeles Times commented that the film "is passably entertaining", but criticised Seagal's involvement in it – which amounted to "roughly 15 minutes of screen time" – as more distracting than it was value-adding, concluding that "with his thick leather coat, bushy goatee, tinted glasses, and whispery monotone voice, he (Seagal) looks like an ordinary schlub in a Steven Seagal costume."[2] Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter credited Waxman for filming the "action scenes with reasonable proficiency" but ultimately labelled Cartels as a "far cry" from Seagal's best works.[3]

References
  1. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4949290/releaseinfo?ref_=tt_dt_dt#akas
  2. Murray, Noel (6 July 2017). "Steven Seagal is the big name, but crime thriller 'Cartels' would have been better off without him". Los Angeles Times.
  3. Scheck, Frank (11 July 2017). "'Cartels': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter.
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