House of the Rising Sun (2011)

Ray, an ex-con, is starting a new life looking to stay out of trouble. One evening, on Ray's watch, the nightclub he works for is robbed and the owner's son is shot dead. As his criminal ... See full summary »

Director:

Brian A. Miller (as Brian A Miller)

Writers:

Chuck Hustmyre (novel), Chuck Hustmyre (screenplay)

Stars:

Dave Bautista, Amy Smart, Dominic Purcell

2 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dave Bautista	...	Ray
Amy Smart	...	Jenny Porter
Dominic Purcell	...	Tony Zello
Craig Fairbrass	...	Charlie Blackstone
Danny Trejo	...	Carlos
Brian Vander Ark	...	Jimmy LaGrange (as Brain Vander Ark)
Tim Fields	...	Detective Carl Landry
Franz Klain	...	Joey
John G. Carbone	...	Peter
Debra Harrison-Lowe	...	Priscilla Zello
Roy Oraschin	...	Skull Master / Sylvester
Will Stiles	...	Nylon Robber (as Will Styles)
Imani Lee	...	Cleo Harris
Lyle Kanouse	...	Vinnie Marcella
Tony Goh	...	Landry's Partner

Storyline

Ray, an ex-con, is starting a new life looking to stay out of trouble. One evening, on Ray's watch, the nightclub he works for is robbed and the owner's son is shot dead. As his criminal past is exposed Ray hunts for the person responsible for this crime in an effort to clear his own name. Ray must get to the bottom of this as both the mob and cops start to close in on him as their target suspect.

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Plot Keywords:

smoking | astronomical object in title | title based on song | cigar smoking | topless dancing | 

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Taglines:

They took his badge. He kept the gun.

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, sexual content and pervasive language

Did You Know?

Trivia

Locations signs for the shoot originally read "Urinal Cakes", but after the producers decided this may attract too much attention to the shoot, they changed them to "Houston McGregor" aptly named after the Director's, Brian A. Miller's, pet Beagle.

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Goofs

When Tony meets Mr. Marcella the bottle with whiskey is near the glass on the table. When Tony leaves the bottle changes position.

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Soundtracks

Afraid of What I've Become
Performed by Spinning Chain

User Reviews

Another attempt at a WWE wrestler to carry a movie. Better then some, but still not as good as The Rock. I say B-

"You find the men who murdered my son and bring them to me." After the club he works at gets robbed on his watch ex-cop Ray (Bautista) is told by the owners that it is up to him to find and retrieve the money and get the man who killed the owners son. When the clues he follows leads him to question everything he wonders who's side he is really working for. This movie surprised me a little. The main reason is that nine times out of ten movies with wrestlers as the main star are not that exciting. They seem fun and good for the first twenty minutes then really drag and become repetitive. This one is the opposite. The last twenty minutes in this one are good, the build up to them is a little slow. For a B-rate action movie starring a wrestler I have actually seen much worse. This is not a great movie, but it was much better then I expected it to be. I did feel that the fighting could have been better, being that Bautista is the lead actor. Overall, not a bad movie. Better then I expected. I give it a B-.

Would I watch again? - I don't think I will.

*Also try - Blood Out

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 December 2011 (South Korea)

Also Known As:

House of the Rising Sun

Filming Locations:

Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$1,500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Berkshire Axis Media

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1