Showdown at the Grand

2023
1h 32m

IMDb RATING

4.8/10

716

YOUR RATING

Dolph Lundgren, John Savage, Terrence Howard, Orson Oblowitz, Jon Sklaroff, Amanda Righetti, Clemmie Dugdale, Christian de Gallegos, Piper Curda, and Mike Ferguson in Showdown at the Grand (2023)

Play trailer2:14

1 Video

12 Photos

Action Comedy

A proud movie theater owner must defend his family business from corporate developers alongside a legendary action star as art imitates life in a showdown for the ages.A proud movie theater owner must defend his family business from corporate developers alongside a legendary action star as art imitates life in a showdown for the ages.A proud movie theater owner must defend his family business from corporate developers alongside a legendary action star as art imitates life in a showdown for the ages.

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

4.8/10

716

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination total

Videos1

Trailer 2:14

Trailer

Photos12

+ 7

‘Snow White’ Stars Test Their Wits

Rachel Zegler, Gal Gadot, and director Marc Webb take our Ultimate Disney Quiz.

Watch now

9:57

More like this

7.3

Condor: Elite Tactical Gear

8.3

April Skies

2.1

The Price of Power

9.6

Les Sacrifiés

2.7

Infected: The Darkest Day

4.8

BoysTown

2.6

Witches of Amityville Academy

3.3

The Dead Matter

8.6

Letters to Haiti

8.0

New York Pride March

8.1

ADT authorized provider: SafeSteets

5.5

Camel Quest

Storyline

Edit

Did you know

Edit

Trivia
The film is literally peppered with quotes from and references to many classic action movies. These include:
L'Inspecteur Harry (1971) ("Do you feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?")
Cobra (1986) ("You're the disease, I'm the cure.")
Les Incorruptibles (1987) ("Never bring a knife to a gun fight")
Apocalypse Now (1979) ("Terminate with extreme prejudice", "The horror!")
Sur les quais... (1954) ("I could have been a contender!")
Les Dents de la mer (1975) ("Smile, you son of a bitch!")
Luke la main froide (1967) ("What we have here is a failure to communicate.")
Orange mécanique (1971) ("Yarbles!")
Angel Heart : Aux portes de l'enfer (1987) ("Johnny Favorite")
Le pape de Greenwich Village (1984) ("Nothing hurts as much as you think it will.")
Other films referenced in the dialogue include Quand la panthère rose s'emmêle (1976), L'Esclave aux mains d'or (1939), Hamburger Hill (1987), Driver (1978), Mondwest (1973), Predator (1987) and many others.

Connections
Referenced in I Must Break This Podcast: Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom/Showdown at the Grand (2024)

Soundtracks
World Gone Crazy
Written and performed by Terrence Howard

User reviews9

Featured review

7/10

For those who LOVE the movie theater, you get it

This was pure fun and I had a number of LOL moments (Moses vs. Nazis) that was a mashup of Tarantino and Cinema Paradisio (Best Foreign Language Film 1988) with maybe a shoutout to French "Elvis" Johnny Hallyday? For me the simplicity of the story comes with a warm fuzzy feeling of being a kid watching movies on the big screen on a Saturday afternoon and walking away having been on an adventure. Shout out to Dolph Lundgren who owned his cheesy 70's b-flick character. Pure fun and I think anyone who doesn't enjoy the film is thinking too hard and needs to enjoy the ride and not try to figure out why the roll bar is too tight. I for one love independent film making for this very reason, artists enjoying making films and entertaining audiences. I was entertained.