Urge (2016)

A weekend getaway takes a dangerous turn when a mysterious nightclub owner introduces a group of friends to a dangerous new designer drug.

Director:

Aaron Kaufman

Writers:

Guy Busick (story by), Aaron Kaufman (story by)

Stars:

Pierce Brosnan, Justin Chatwin, Danny Masterson

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Pierce Brosnan	...	The Man
Justin Chatwin	...	Jason Brettner
Danny Masterson	...	Neil
Ashley Greene	...	Theresa
Nick Thune	...	Danny
Alexis Knapp	...	Joey
Chris Geere	...	Vick
Bar Paly	...	Denise
Kea Ho	...	Xiomara
Alison Lohman	...	Mother
Jagger Davide Fishman-Salguero	...	Boy
Eric Davis	...	The Red Bastard
Jeff Fahey	...	Gerald
Kevin Corrigan	...	Cop
Nader Kheirbek	...	Clapping Man

Storyline

A weekend getaway takes a dangerous turn when a mysterious nightclub owner introduces a group of friends to a dangerous new designer drug.

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Plot Keywords:

drug | fighting | bondage | overeating | party | 

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Taglines:

Indulge Enjoy Repeat

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Genres:

Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for disturbing violent and sexual behavior, drug use, and language throughout

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 June 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

Deseo peligroso

Filming Locations:

New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Sculptor Media, Green-Light International, Blackmrkt

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Renee Harbek was offered the role of Mother, but couldn't accept the role, due to filming conflicts.

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Goofs

Didn't Jason take a hit of Urge when he was leaving his meeting with "the man", the guy in the red suit gave it to him. Yet later when they are at Volcano Jason takes another dose. What happened to "you can only take it once"? Then the next day he takes a third hit.

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Crazy Credits

There is a scene after the credits.

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Soundtracks

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Written By Nynex

User Reviews

Not so much a lurid movie, but a morality play

Pierce Brosnan gets to star off character once again as he continues to extend to portfolio of movies including a nasty assassin in Survivor (2015) and a more amenable one in Tailor of Panama (2001), or The Ghost Writer (2010) where he plays a questionable politician. In this movie, Urge is the new drug and a group of elite young mostly high- class friends get an invitation to try it, but only once. What results is not so much a lurid movie, but a morality play. By focusing not on the sensually sordid (which a majority of movie might) but on the action of human beings this movie attempts to offer up another look at humanity in a way that seems more fascinatingly almost surrealistically horrid than strictly dramatic thriller. But movie eventually takes the easy way out by avoiding an extended explanation and experience of how the climax of the movie is arrived out. What is nice about the movie is the way it insinuates what is going on without ever explicitly revealing it and how not always the characters one might suspect will end up with there denouement. A more artistic and meaningful experience to watch after this one would be Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut (1999).