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Stars: Dermot Mulroney, Melissa Diaz, Mauricio Mendoza, Tonantzin Esparza, Rafael Cabrera, Jeff Fahey | Written by Art Camacho, James Dean Simington, Javier Reyna, Koji Steven Sakai | Directed by Art Camacho

With ten movies and five episodes of TV shows to his credit for 2023, Dermot Mulroney seems to be vying to fill the gap left by the retirement of Bruce Willis. Ruthless proves he’s already mastered sleepwalking through a film every bit as well as he could. Sadly, he won’t be the only one sleeping as this film manages to make human trafficking deadly, deadly dull, that is.

Harry just wanted to go watch a movie. But he ends up telling off some kid who isn’t listening when his date says no. That, of course, leads to the kid pulling a knife on him in the parking lot. That’s not a good idea because Harry is a man...

Dermot Mulroney stars as an action hero in the thriller Ruthless, taking on a character-driven storyline and performing his own stunts. The film is an all-out brawl thriller in the same vein as Taken, sure to please action genre fans. Mulroney's character is a high school wrestling coach who takes it upon himself to save his student from a human trafficking ring, unleashing his built-up rage in the process.

Dermot Mulroney becomes an action hero in Ruthless. The thriller centers around Harry, a high school wrestling coach still grappling with the death of his daughter at the hands of an abusive boyfriend. When he learns of one of his students' family issues and her disappearance being tied to a human trafficking ring, Harry takes it upon himself to save her and let loose some of the rage that's been building.

Alongside Mulroney, the Ruthless cast includes Alita: Battle Angel's Jeff Fahey,...

Stars: Kellan Lutz, Robin Magdhalen, Manu Intiraymi, Jeff Fahey, Chelsea Lopez, Efren Ramirez, Tonantzin Esparza | Written and Directed by Javier Reyna

Due Justice is the latest film in the never-ending line of Taken wannabes where a former badass has to go back into action to rescue their kidnapped daughter. In this case, it’s Max an attorney who, along with his boss Claire are lawyers celebrating winning their latest case when Max hears a familiar voice from across the restaurant.

It’s his brother Jerry who isn’t happy to see him, probably due to the company he’s dining with. As it turns out, Jerry was undercover for the FBI and that meeting triggered the suspicion of Ellis, Roxy and their crew. It’s not long before both Jerry and Max’s wife are dead, and his daughter abducted while he’s at the office working late.

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"Pick your fights, Harry!" "I will." Saban Films has revealed an official trailer for Ruthless, another action crime thriller from the direct-to-video trash pile getting a release this year. Ruthless is the latest film from director Art Camacho, and it's yet another of these "one man will fight to stop a trafficking ring" stories that are being used over-and-over these days. Not at all original, and not really an interesting premise anymore beyond making people endlessly fearful and worried. Also similar to the original Taken. In Ruthless, a high school coach, whose teenage daughter was murdered, takes matters into his own hands and going after the men who kidnap his student as part of a human trafficking operation. Dermot Mulroney stars as Harry, along with Jeff Fahey, Melissa Diaz, Mauricio Mendoza, Tonantzin Esparza, and Niko Foster. I will admit, Mulroney does look badass in this being so burn-it-all-down ruthless in here.

Twilight and Expendables star Kellan Lutz takes on a thrilling action-packed role in Due Justice, seeking revenge for his murdered wife and kidnapped daughter. Lutz is no stranger to the action genre, having previously worked with Bruce Willis and starred in The Expendables franchise. Due Justice is just one of several projects in the pipeline for Lutz, including Desert Dawn and Fear of the Woods.

Twilight saga and The Expendables 3 star Kellan Lutz takes the law into his own hands and embarks on a mission of vengeance in the newly released trailer for Due Justice. Coming courtesy of Saban Films, the R rated action outing Due Justice finds Lutz in the lead as an attorney with a military past who decides to hunt down the gang who killed his wife and brother and kidnapped his daughter. Check out the trailer for Due Justice below:

Alongside the intense new trailer for Due Justice,...

Maya Entertainment Group, Inc., a leading independent multi-platform content and distribution company based in Los Angeles, has acquired the international rights to the apocalyptic comedy It's a Disaster from writer/director Todd Berger (The Scenesters). The film stars Julia Stiles (The Bourne Identity Trilogy, Dexter), David Cross (Arrested Development, Kung Fu Panda), and America Ferrera (Ugly Betty, Real Women Have Curves).

In this doomsday comedy, four couples who meet for Sunday brunch find themselves stranded in a house together as the world may be about to end. When Tracy Scott (Julia Stiles) decides to introduce her new beau Glenn (David Cross) to her three friends Hedy (America Ferrera), Emma, and Lexi and their significant others, her biggest fear is whether or not her friends will approve of her new relationship, little does she realize that's the least of her worries. Before long the couples find themselves in the midst of an apocalyptic disaster,...

See the trailer here. Today I was treated to, or better expressed, awarded, an intimate lunch where I got to sit at a table for six which included Even the Rain's director Iciar Bollain ♀ and its producer Juan Gordon, its U.S. distributor Vitagraph's David Schultz, and one of its most important theatrical exhibitors Landmark Theater's buyer David McAllister, Maya's Tonantzin Esparza and a critic (whose name I did not catch). The discussion was sociable, stimulating and sometimes acutely focused on the film itself. Luckily for Vitagraph, a small and very well connected distributor whose output is some 15 films…...

Mark Ruffalo will direct his first feature film with Sympathy for Delicious. After being Bruce Banner and The Hulk, he’s going to be behind the camera.

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Maya Entertainment has acquired U.S. rights to Sympathy for Delicious, the feature film directorial debut from Mark Ruffalo, to be released theatrically in Spring 2011. The seven-figure deal positions the film as a key project in Maya’s first quarter 2011 theatrical release strategy.

Written by Christopher Thornton, who also stars in and produced the project, Sympathy for Delicious follows the true story of a newly paralyzed DJ who gets more than he bargained for when he seeks out the world of faith healing. The film also stars Ruffalo, Juliette Lewis, Orlando Bloom and Laura Linney and is based on Thornton’s real-life experiences. The film was produced by Corner Store Entertainment’s Scott Prisand, Matt Weaver and Andrea Sperling,...

HollywoodNews.com: Maya Entertainment has acquired U.S. rights to “Sympathy for Delicious,” the feature film directorial debut from Mark Ruffalo, to be released theatrically in Spring 2011. The seven-figure deal positions the film as a key project in Maya’s first quarter 2011 theatrical release strategy.

Written by Christopher Thornton, who also stars in and produced the project, “Sympathy for Delicious” follows the true story of a newly paralyzed DJ who gets more than he bargained for when he seeks out the world of faith healing. The film also stars Ruffalo, Juliette Lewis, Orlando Bloom and Laura Linney and is based on Thornton’s real-life experiences. The film was produced by Corner Store Entertainment’s Scott Prisand, Matt Weaver and Andrea Sperling, with Mark Ruffalo and Christopher Thornton. The film was awarded a Special Jury Prize for Directing at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.

Maya also has made a deal...

Los Angeles-based Maya Entertainment is joining forces with Blockbuster to present a Latin Cinema series: From July 17 to Sept. 18, Maya and Blockbuster will release a slate of eight, Latin-themed films theatrically in eight U.S. cities, and the films will become available for rental at Blockbuster in September as part of Hispanic Heritage Month.

"This alliance is the perfect extension of Maya's mission. With Blockbuster as a partner in this venture, we will extend the reach of this program tenfold and provide the national film going audience with consistent high quality cinema from Latino filmmakers and talent," Maya Entertainment founder Moctesuma Esparza said.

The films, programmed by Maya acquisitions executives Jose Martinez, Jr. and Tonantzin Esparza are: "The Line," "Vicious Circle," "Bajo La Sal," "Sultanes del Sure," "Once Upon a Time in Rio," "Cronicas Chilangas" (Chilangas Chronicles), "Bad Guys" and "Mancora."...