Luke Evans To Star In Actioner “Free Fire”

Luke Evans is on a (slow) rise through the action ranks.  And he has another upcoming action/thriller to add to that resume.  He will star in “Free Fire” (from “High-Rise” director Ben Wheatley), a movie about an arms deal that goes spectacularly wrong.

Here is the synopsis:

The story is set in Boston in 1978. Wilde plays Justine, a woman who has brokered a meeting in a deserted warehouse between two Irishmen (Murphy, Smiley) and a gang led by Hammer and Evans who are selling them a stash of guns. But when shots are fired in the handover, a heart stopping game of survival ensues.

“The idea for ‘Free Fire’ came from my love of hard boiled crime movies,” said Wheatley of his many influences, “from ‘The Asphalt Jungle,’ ‘The Big Sleep,’ ‘The Killing’ and ‘The Big Combo’ through ‘The Driver,’ ‘Le Samourai’ and ‘The French Connection,’ to the modern cycle of ‘Goodfellas,’ ‘Casino,’ ‘Hard Boiled’ and ‘Reservoir Dogs.’ ‘Free Fire’ will take you and stick you in the middle of the action. I want the film to have the stylish, no nonsense feel that you get in Peckinpah’s ‘The Getaway.’ It’s a modern ’70s movie. Muscular, tough and spare.”

Free Fire will come from production company Protagonist Pictures.  No word yet on a release date, nice premise however.