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Kin - Le commencement ()

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Chased by a vengeful criminal, the feds and a gang of otherworldly soldiers, a recently released ex-con, and his adopted teenage brother are forced to go on the run with a weapon of mysterious origin as their only protection.

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Eli Solinski
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Jimmy Solinski
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Hal Solinski
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Milly
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Taylor Balik
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Morgan Hunter
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Snick
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Dutch Balik
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Remy
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Big Man
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Audrey
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Female Cleaner
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Male Cleaner (as Michael B Jordan)
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Guidance Counselor
Michael Grisley ...
School Bully
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Hasan
Sean Fowler ...
Dying Cleaner
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On Site Guard #1
Dave Lewis ...
On Site Guard #2
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Venus
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Lee Jacobs
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Lee's Heavy
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Lee's Heavy
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Lee's Heavy
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Dancer (as Madelyn Grace)
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Bouncer
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Motel Cashier
Steve Whistance-Smith ...
Gas Station Cashier (as Steven John Whistance-Smith)
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Bartender
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Casino Security Guard
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Young Officer
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Police Clerk
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Dispatch Officer
Jarrod MacLean ...
County Sheriff
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TAC Leader (as Shawn Hamilton)
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TAC Sniper
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Reporter (uncredited)
Dave Alaimo ...
SSE Poker Player (uncredited)
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Police Officer (uncredited)
Nolan Greenwald ...
Tac Team Breacher (uncredited)
Raimo Kurppa ...
Gambling Patron (uncredited)
Rufio Luey ...
TAC Trigger Man (uncredited)
Drew Moss ...
Taylor's Thug (uncredited)
Jim Pagiamtzis ...
Gambling Patron (uncredited)
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TAC Team Shield (uncredited)
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Las Vegas Metro Police Officer (uncredited)
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TAC C4 Man (uncredited)
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Bellhop (uncredited)

Directed by

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Jonathan Baker ... (directed by)
Josh Baker ... (directed by)

Written by

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Jonathan Baker ... (based on the short film "Bag Man" by) &
Josh Baker ... (based on the short film "Bag Man" by)
 
Daniel Casey ... (screenplay by)

Produced by

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Jeff Arkuss ... producer
Eric Bodge ... associate producer
Whitney Brown ... line producer
Dan Cohen ... producer
David Gross ... producer
Michael B. Jordan ... executive producer (as Michael B Jordan)
Shawn Levy ... producer
Qiuyun Long ... executive producer
Jesse Shapira ... producer
Bo Shen ... associate co-producer
Chantelle Tabrizi ... associate producer (as Chantelle Kadyschuk)
Shixing Zhou ... associate co-producer

Music by

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Mogwai ... (music by)

Cinematography by

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Larkin Seiple ... director of photography

Film Editing by

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Mark Day ... (edited by)

Editorial Department

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Frank Biasi ... digital intermediate editor
Alex Bickel ... digital intermediate colorist
Patrick Duchesne ... digital imaging producer
Michael Louis Hill ... additional editor
Margaret Hutz ... digital imaging technician
Taylor Morano ... assistant editor: pitch video
Set Shuter ... assistant digital intermediate colorist
Dawn M. Stoliar ... first assistant editor
Jim Fleming ... video colorist (uncredited)

Casting By

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Rori Bergman
Sara Kay
Jenny Lewis

Production Design by

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Ethan Tobman

Art Direction by

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Dennis Davenport

Set Decoration by

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Mary Kirkland

Costume Design by

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Lea Carlson

Makeup Department

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Danielle Bar ... tattoo designer: Mr. Franco
Brittany Leona Caron ... prosthetics shop technician
Stacey Dutrizac ... assistant makeup artist
Nana Fischer ... personal makeup artist: James Franco
Helen Hronis ... assistant hair stylist
Mandy Ketcheson ... contact lens technician
Daniel Lee ... tattoo artist
Suzanne McGlynn ... daily hair stylist (as Suzanne McGlyn)
Jen Roomes ... special makeup effects lab technician (as Jen Wright)
Jasmine Ruiz ... on set lens technician
Constance Senkyere ... personal hairdresser: Ms. Kravitz
Jonathan Seti ... hair swing: Nevada / makeup swing: Nevada
Emily Skoggard ... daily makeup assistant
Zinka Tuminski ... key hairdresser
Catherine Viot ... makeup artist

Production Management

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Amy Murphy Anderson ... production supervisor
Gregor Hutchison ... post-production supervisor
Jodi A. Tario ... assistant production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Olivia Barr ... assistant director
Aric Dupere ... second assistant director
Nick Lopez ... third assistant director
Andrew M. Robinson ... first assistant director
Andrea Sheppard ... third assistant director
Adam Szalai ... assistant director: daily

Art Department

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Paul Accadia ... construction coordinator: art department
Jason Baker ... prop master: detroit unit
Stephanie Chalmers ... set decoration buyer
Nivanh Chanthara ... concept artist
Taylor Colpitts ... trainee assistant art director
Jennifer Dysart ... set dresser
Kenn Fisher ... art department coordinator
David G. Fremlin ... set designer
Sidali Ghimouz ... set dresser
Wouter Gort ... conceptual designer
Michelle Haid ... key props
Catherine Lam ... second assistant art director
Isabelle Leduc ... art department coordinator
Chloe Leonard ... on set props assist
Sunil Pant ... concept artist
Thomas Pringle ... concept artist
Austin Roy ... carpenter
Kim Thrasher ... set dresser

Sound Department

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James Bastable ... adr recording mixer
James Belyea ... cable puller / 2nd boom operator
German Camardella ... adr editor
Adam Carl ... mix technician: dts-x
Greg Crawford ... adr mixer: Atlanta
Fernando Delgado ... sound mixer: second unit
Claire Dobson ... dialogue editor
Jesse Ehredt ... sound recordist
Beau Emory ... adr mixer
Joseph Fraioli ... sound designer / supervising sound editor
Gregg Frazier ... boom operator: second unit
Ken Galvin ... adr recordist
Paul Germann ... sound effects editor
Maysum Haddad ... boom operator
Mike Hampton ... sound mixer
Scott Hitchon ... assistant re-recording mixer
Krystin Hunter ... dialogue editor
David McCallum ... supervising sound editor
Frank Morrone ... re-recording mixer
Dennis Alexander Nicholson ... boom operator
David Rose ... sound effects editor
Cory Siddall ... sound mixer
Brad Zoern ... re-recording mixer

Special Effects by

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Mark Ahee ... special effects coordinator
Michael W. Hamilton ... special effects technician
Richard Hypolite ... key special effects

Visual Effects by

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Ella Adams ... lighter: Image Engine
Lee Alexander ... layout supervisor: Image Engine
Conrad Allan ... digital matte painter: Image Engine
Luis Almazan ... compositor: Image Engine
Emilie Ancet ... visual effects coordinator: Image Engine
Michael Jeff Baldemoro ... bg prep supervisor: Image Engine (as Jeff Baldemoro)
Chris Banal ... technical support: Image Engine
Michael Billette ... fx artist: Image Engine
Martin Bohm ... lighting lead: Image Engine
Don Briggs ... visual effects editor: Image Engine
Markus Bruland ... fx artist: Image Engine
José Julián Londoño Calle ... concept artist: Image Engine (as Julian Londono Calle)
David Cam ... rotoscope artist: Image Engine
Tavia Charlton ... vfx bidding producer: Rocket Science VFX
David Chen ... compositor: Image Engine
Howard Chen ... technical support: Image Engine
Marine Chene ... visual effects production manager: Image Engine
Petru Ciobanu ... pipeline engineer: Image Engine
Carmelida Condemi ... lighter: Image Engine
Tara Conley ... visual effects producer: Image Engine
Gary Couto ... compositor: Rocket Science VFX
Shane Davidson ... compositor: Image Engine
Pablo del Molino ... digital matte painter: Image Engine (as Pablo del Molino Izquierdo)
Keegan Douglas ... compositing supervisor: Image Engine
Linda Drake ... visual effects editor
Daniel Dresser ... r&d artist: Image Engine
Janeen Elliott ... compositor: Image Engine
Chris Elmer ... digital artist: Image Engine
Edmond Engelbrecht ... cg supervisor: Image Engine
Stefan Feeß ... pipeline engineer: Image Engine (as Stefan Feess)
Adrien Flanquart ... digital artist: Image Engine
Roberto Flores ... matchmove artist: Image Engine
Cheri Fojtik ... digital artist: Image Engine (as Cheri Lynn Fojtik)
Lucien Fostier ... pipeline engineer: Image Engine
Florian Friedmann ... digital artist: Image Engine
Drew Fulcher ... matchmove artist: Image Engine
Alex Fuller ... lighter: Image Engine
Sarah Fuller ... digital artist: Image Engine
Sheik Ghafoor ... digital artist: Image Engine
Ramiro Gomez ... rigging supervisor: Image Engine (as Ramiro C. Gomez)
Burcu Gorun ... compositor: Rocket Science VFX
Matthew Graves ... technical support: Image Engine
Matti Grüner ... r&d artist: Image Engine
Moritz Hausler ... fx artist: Image Engine
Sandro Henriques ... compositor: Image Engine (as Sandro De Barros Henriques)
Brendan Holt ... pipeline engineer: Image Engine
Alyssa Howald ... visual effects coordinator: Image Engine
Nicholas Hurm ... technical support: Image Engine
Ivan Imanishi ... r&d artist: Image Engine
Yosuke Inomata ... digital artist: Image Engine
Lia Ioanniti ... rotoscope artist: Image Engine
Tommy Jaw ... lighter: Image Engine
Dhamindra Jeevan ... digital matte painter: Image Engine
Shuming Jiang ... lead compositor: Rocket Science VFX
Marc Jones ... matchmove supervisor: Image Engine
Tim Jones ... compositor: Image Engine
Chris Jude ... compositor: Rocket Science VFX (as Christopher Jude)
Andrew Kaufman ... r&d artist: Image Engine
Matthew Kee ... matchmove artist: Image Engine
Suchitra Keshri ... digital artist: Image Engine
Amanda Knight ... visual effects coordinator: Image Engine
Carsten Kolve ... pipeline engineer: Image Engine
Jayzica Kong ... rotoscope artist: Image Engine
Lexi Koome ... i/o coordinator: Image Engine
Andriy Koval ... compositor: Rocket Science VFX
Christine Lan ... matchmove artist: Image Engine (as Christine Xue Lan)
Jesus Lavin ... compositing lead: Image Engine
Michael Levine ... creature effects artist: Image Engine
Ivan Lima ... compositor: Image Engine
Cedric Ling ... matchmove artist: Image Engine
Emily Luk ... digital artist: Image Engine
Bruno Lévêque ... environment td: Image Engine
Dean Mangion ... matchmove artist: Image Engine
Brandon Martin ... lighter: Image Engine
Greg Massie ... lighter: Image Engine
Adam Matis ... compositor: Image Engine
Tomoka Matsumura ... digital artist: Image Engine
Kevin Mecham ... rotoscope artist: Image Engine
Nikolai Michaleski ... compositor: Image Engine
M. Russell Moore ... compositor: Image Engine (as Russell Moore)
Dave Morley ... visual effects supervisor
Shoban Narayanan ... vfx production supervisor: Rocket Science VFX
Chris Nokes ... vfx producer: Rocket Science VFX
Melissa Nutt ... visual effects coordinator: Image Engine
Brandon Outhwaite ... i/o coordinator: Rocket Science VFX
Naoki Oyagi ... compositor: Image Engine
Anthony Paterson ... vfx supervisor: Rocket Science VFX
Arnaud Pecqueur ... digital matte painter: Image Engine
Geoff Pedder ... digital artist: Image Engine
Duy Pham ... technical support: Image Engine
Mark Pinder ... technical support: Image Engine
Carmen Pinto ... pipeline engineer: Image Engine
Gabriel Pires ... compositor: Image Engine
Barry Poon ... cg asset supervisor: Image Engine
Graham Post ... digital matte painter: Rocket Science VFX
Venkatesh Rajagopal ... compositor: Rocket Science VFX
Rebecca Ramsey ... visual effects producer
Mathieu Reygaerts ... compositor: Rocket Science VFX
Pradeepto Roy ... compositor: Rocket Science VFX
Paula Rubio ... compositor: Image Engine (as Paula Rubio Ferrer)
V. Samundeswari ... compositor: Rocket Science VFX (as Samundeswari Vaidhyanathan)
Daniel Sarnowska ... fx artist: Image Engine
Jerry Seguin ... compositor: Rocket Science VFX
Apoorva Shah ... fx artist: Image Engine
Timothy John Sharp ... vfx coordinator: Rocket Science VFX
Chad Shattuck ... animation supervisor: Image Engine
Denys Shchukin ... fx artist: Image Engine
Raman Siddhartha ... compositor: Rocket Science VFX
Lukasz Sobisz ... fx supervisor: Image Engine
Jaclyn Stauber ... fx artist: Image Engine
Maxime Stein ... digital matte painter: Rocket Science VFX
Devin Stoutley ... digital artist: Image Engine
Iryna Sumanova ... rotoscope artist: Image Engine
Krisztian Szeibold ... lighter: Image Engine
Jeremy Szostak ... visual effects editor: Image Engine
Koichi Tamura ... pipeline engineer: Image Engine
Felix Tan ... rotoscope artist: Image Engine
Jerrod Tan ... rotoscope artist: Image Engine
Damien Thaller ... digital environment supervisor: Image Engine
Alexander Toms ... compositor: Image Engine
Hiroko Ueno ... rotoscope artist: Image Engine
Rahul Venugopal ... compositor: Rocket Science VFX
Marion Voignier ... compositor: Image Engine
Allan Walker ... digital matte painter: Rocket Science VFX
Shawn Walsh ... visual effects executive producer: Image Engine
Crystal Wan ... visual effects coordinator: Image Engine
Chia-Ping Wang ... technical support: Image Engine
Kenson Wang ... rotoscope artist: Image Engine
Cameron Widen ... layout artist: Image Engine
Ian Wilson ... technical support: Image Engine
Anna F. Winters ... cg asset production manager: Image Engine (as Anna Winters)
Matt Yeoman ... compositor: Image Engine
Donmill Yip ... digital artist: Image Engine
Paul Zeke ... animator: Image Engine
Tony Zhang ... pipeline engineer: Image Engine
Luis Almazan ... digital artist (uncredited)
Joel Bautista ... compositor: Image Engine (uncredited)
Alfonso Chin ... visual effects (uncredited)
Marcus Dryden ... titles and credit: digital compositor (uncredited)
Carsten Kolve ... digital supervisor: Image Engine (uncredited)
Nicolas Lopardo ... designer (uncredited)
Christine Pyle ... visual effects production assistant: Rocket Science VFX (uncredited)
Andy Robinson ... compositor (uncredited)
Ryan D. Romero ... digital artist (uncredited)
Mike Soppit ... visual effects editor (uncredited)
Matthew Swiderski ... visual effects coordinator (uncredited)
Joseph Towe ... digital artist (uncredited)
Bryan Walman ... visual effects coordinator: Rocket Science VFX (uncredited)
Adrian Williams ... visual effects technical director: RSVFX (uncredited)
Christine Wong ... finance director: Image Engine (uncredited)

Stunts

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Neil Adams ... stunt performer
Nick Alachiotis ... stunt performer
Alex Armbruster ... stunt double: James Franco
Jonny Caines ... stunt teen #1
Canaan Davison ... stunt performer
Neil Davison ... assistant stunt coordinator
Christopher Di Meo ... stunts
Tom Farr ... stunt performer / stunt rigger: key
Cam Fergus ... stunt performer / stunt rigger
Dillon Jagersky ... stunt performer
Dana Jones ... stunt double: zoe kravitz
Riley Jones ... stunt performer
Patrick Kerton ... stunt double: Dennis Quaid
Thomas Liccioni ... lead stunt double: Jack Reynord
Jennifer Murray ... stunt performer
Bas Reitsma ... stunt double: Gavin Fox
Bryan Renfro ... stunts
Michael A. Rizza ... precision driver
Vincent Rother ... stunt performer
Peter Schindelhauer ... stunt driver
Ana Shepherd ... stunt performer
John Stead ... stunt performer
Nick Stead ... stunt driver
Al Vrkljan ... stunt driver
Wayne Wells ... stunt actor / stunt driver
Peter Schindelhauer ... stunt double: Ian Matthews (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Johnny Askwith ... camera operator
Chris Bacik ... drone pilot
Abraham Bankole ... rigging grip
Clark Birchmeier ... digital imaging technician: Detroit unit
Pete Bradley ... generator operator-base camp
Ron Brasi ... video assist: las vegas unit
Nicholas Carrigan-Papdopoulos ... lighting technician
Tom Charters ... video assist (as Thomas Tipton Charters) / video assist
Wallace Michael Chrouch ... still photographer
Christiaan J. Cloete ... stabilized head technician: dailies
Gyorgy Darvas ... 24 frame playback operator
Bob Davidson ... gaffer
Cylvan Desrouleaux ... daily focus puller
Michael Distefano ... second assistant camera: "a" camera
Momcilo Dragicevic ... camera trainee
Ben Dundas ... grip
Brian Freesh ... steadicam operator: detroit
Alex Gaynor ... additional gaffer: Las Vegas unit
Daniel George ... digital imagining technician
Axel Green ... best boy grip
Ryan Hart ... second assistant camera
Christopher Ross LeBlanc ... grip
Korbyn McLean ... d camera second assistant camera
Travis McMunn ... aerial director of photography
Chris Paré ... d.i.t
Eric Pool ... best boy grip: Las Vegas unit
Boris Roy ... a camera
Jean-Marc Saldini ... additional focus puller
Matt Sanderson ... first assistant camera: Detroit
Mike Sokoluk ... key grip
Joe Strazzeri ... a camera: dolly
Jason Vieira ... camera operator: steadicam

Casting Department

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Hannah Antaki ... casting associate
Karlee Fomalont ... casting associate: new york
Dayna Katz ... casting associate: new york
Kalene Osborne ... casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Renee Allen ... costume supervisor: detroit unit
Sandra Ardagna ... buyer
Diana Irwin ... assistant costume designer
Minda Johnson ... background coordinator
Jennifer Lantz ... set costumer
Ofelia Liu ... set costumer
Emily McHugh ... costume shopper
David Page ... costumer: Mr. Franco
Jessie Raye ... truck supevisor (as Jessie Gibbs)

Location Management

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Aaron R. Campbell ... location production assistant (as Aaron Campbell)
Jonathan Matthews ... location manager
Tristan Plant ... assistant location manager

Music Department

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Kevin Banks ... music editor
Abderraouf Djeffel ... composer: trailer music
Richard Henderson ... music editor
Maarten Hofmeijer ... music editor
Erich Lee ... composer trailer music
Christopher T. Mollere ... music supervisor (as Chris Mollere)
Micki Stern ... music clearance
Ryan Svendsen ... music executive: Lionsgate
Philip Tallman ... music editor
Ilyse Wolfe Tretter ... music clearance coordinator

Script and Continuity Department

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Carolyn Arbuckle ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Peter Stergiou ... driver

Other crew

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Daniel Bavell ... conceptual & blocknose rifle design
Lisa Benedetto ... assistant: Mr. Quaid
Heather Beresford ... assistant: Mr. Reynor and Ms. Kravitz
Rob Bethune ... second assistant accountant
Christina Buchli ... Canadian production legal
Asia Bullock ... promotional services
Tabitha Burtch ... body fabricator/lab technician
Aaron R. Campbell ... production assistant: location (as Aaron Campbell)
Molly Clayton ... production staff
Jeff Coll ... assistant production coordinator
Melissa Crozier ... safety advisor/set medic
Zach Drummer ... assistant: Shawn Levy
Andrea Eisen ... on set teacher
Joe Everett ... unit publicist
Anita Ghori ... assistant to Jonathan and Josh Baker
Jacki Glick ... assistant to the producer
Qaseem Gul ... stand-in
Shawn J. Hamilton ... Military Tactical Consultant
Jason Harris ... accounting clerk
Ryan Jefferson Hays ... title designer
Elizabeth B. Jackson ... key craft service: detroit unit
Brett Krogh ... craft service
Lewis Liu ... production assistant
Nick McMahon ... helicopter pilot
Matthew Morgan ... Owl Trainer
MK Morris ... daily production assistant
Alicia E. Murphy ... payroll accountant
David Muscatine ... location accountant
Brooke Nemeth ... production secretary
Michael James Nuells ... body double: Myles Truitt
Erica Ortiz ... assistant: Mr. Franco
Chris Parr ... assistant: Dan Cohen (as Christopher Parr)
Timothy Scott Ralston ... screening operations executive
Randall Randallson ... production assistant
Merissa Rocco ... production coordinator
Morten Rowley ... conceptual & blocknose rifle design
Kiel Servideo ... assistant: Shawn Levy
Karen Strutynski ... set medic
Alan Sutton ... fire safety coordinator
Kathleen Tenefrancia ... assistant: Mr. Franco
Ruben Aram Ter-Akopow ... production assistant
Jacky Wright ... assistant: Mr. Jordan
Justin Latimer ... 4D effects editor (uncredited)
Reny Nazarian ... 4D Effects Editor (uncredited)

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Plot Summary

Co-directors Jonathan Baker and Josh Baker's Sci-Fi action thriller features James Franco, Zoe Kravitz, and Dennis Quaid. A young boy (Myles Truitt) finds a powerful otherworldly weapon, which he uses to save his older adoptive brother (Jack Reynor) from a crew of thugs. Before long, the two of them are also pursued by federal agents and mysterious mercenaries aiming to reclaim their asset.

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Taglines All he needed was a way out. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Kin - Le commencement (Canada, French title)
  • Kin: Le commencement (France)
  • Рідня (Ukraine)
  • Kesher katlani (Israel, Hebrew title)
  • Kin: Vũ Khí Bí Ẩn (Vietnam)
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Runtime
  • 102 min
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Budget $30,000,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia The house the main characters live in is the same house used by the main characters from Four Brothers. See more »
Goofs There is no "Sulaco County" in the State of Nevada. See more »
Movie Connections Features Bubblegum Crisis (1987). See more »
Soundtracks Levitate See more »
Crazy Credits (spoiler) Michael B. Jordan's executive producer credit doesn't appear until the end of the film, presumably to keep the surprise of his cameo in the movie's climax. See more »

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