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Punishment is a 2023 action crime thriller about a bank executive who gets a bomb threat while driving his kids to school saying his car will explode if they stop and get out.
Directed by Nimrod Antal (Control; Vacancy; Armored; predators; Metallica through the ever; The Whiskey Bandit) from a screenplay written by Andrew Baldwin, Christopher Salmanpour and Ward Parry. Adapted from the screenplay of the 2015 Spanish film the unknown by Alberto Marini
The American-French-Spanish co-production stars Liam Neeson (Memory; Marlowe; black light; The sniper; ), Jack Champion, Noma Dumezweni, Lilly Aspell, Embeth Davidtz and Matthew Modine.
Plot Synopsis:
When a mysterious caller places a bomb under his car seat, Matt Turner (Liam Neeson) begins a high-speed chase across town to complete a series of specific tasks. With his kids stuck in the back seat and a bomb that will explode if they get out of the car, a normal commute becomes a twisted game of life or death as Matt follows the stranger’s increasingly dangerous instructions in a race against time to save his family. …
Release date:
In the USA, Punishment will be released theatrically nationwide by Lionsgate on August 25, 2023.
Trailer:
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