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John Travolta in I AM WRATH On Blu-ray, DVD and On Demand July 26

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Brace yourself for a thrilling experience with the intense action-revenge thriller, I Am Wrath, arriving on Blu-ray (plus Digital HD), DVD (plus Digital) and On Demand on July 26 from Lionsgate. John Travolta (From Paris with Love) stars as a man who takes action after realizing a group of corrupt police officers will never solve his wife’s murder. From the director of The Scorpion King, I Am Wrath is currently available On Demand and will be available on Blu-ray and DVD for the suggested retail price of $24.99 and $19.98, respectively.

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Unemployed engineer Stanley Hill (John Travolta) witnesses the murder of his wife Vivian (Rebecca De Mornay), who was attacked by thugs in a parking garage. Wracked with guilt, Stanley is haunted by the image of Vivian dying in his arms. When Detective Gibson (Sam Trammell) and other corrupt police officers are unable to bring the killers to justice, Stanley turns to his old friend Dennis (Christopher Meloni) and decides to take matters into his own hands. It is only then that Stanley and Dennis are found to have a mysterious past that, until now, they have kept very well hidden. As they inflict their revenge, those involved in the cover up realise that Stanley and Dennis are more dangerous than they could ever have imagined.

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BLU-RAY/DVD/DIGITAL HD SPECIAL FEATURES*

  • Audio Commentary with Director Chuck Russell and Screenwriter/Actor Paul Sloan

 

CAST

John Travolta                          The Forger, Savages, From Paris with Love

Christopher Meloni                  Man of Steel, 42, TV’s “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”

Amanda Schull                        TV’s “12 Monkeys,” TV’s “Suits”

Sam Tramwell                         HBO’s “True Blood,” The Fault in Our Stars

Patrick St. Esprit                      The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Draft Day

and Rebecca De Mornay        The Hand that Rocks the Cradle, Wedding Crashers

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Chuck Russell making ‘Mandrake’ the Magician

. Director Chuck Russell is making a movie adaptation of the classic Mandrake the Magician comic book series. Lee Falk wrote the original comics, while Thomas Dean Donnelly has written this adaptation. He has previously written Sahara and A Sound of Thunder and is currently wirting/developing the new Conan film. The story revolved around Leon Mandrake, a magician who uses his various abilities, including illusions and hypnotism, to fight crime. Jonathan Rhys Meyers is starring as Mandrake, while the popular Las Vegas illusionist, magician and entertainer Criss Angel is rumored to have a role as the character Theron, but I’ve also read he’s only serving as a consultant to the film. Perhaps he’s doing both and we’ll see him in a cameo appearance? Apparently, MMA fighter Randy Couture also has a role in the film as a yet to be explained character named Jed. While I am a bit of a former comic book nut, I really don’t know much about this series. However, Russell is an interesting, if not always successful filmmaker. The films he directed that I enjoyed include A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 and The Blob (1988) … The Mask, Eraser, and The Scorpion King were alright … but, I absolutely hated Bless the Child (2000).