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» Friday February 11, 2011 - 05:27 am
Human Trafficking Thriller Freight On DVD April 4th
Icon Home Entertainment is pleased to confirm the UK DVD release of Stuart St Paul's uncompromising political horror/thriller Freight on Monday April 4th. Set in the criminal underbelly of contemporary Britain, Freight features a wealth of UK acting talent including Billy Murray (Eastenders, The Bill, Call Of Duty), Craig Fairbrass (Rise Of The Footsoldier, The Bank Job), Danny Midwinter (Dead Cert) and Laura Aikman (Not Going Out). It shines as a fast-paced, controversial, gritty action movie exposing the horrifying and hard-hitting realities of human trafficking in the UK. Freight is set and filmed entirely in Yorkshire, UK.
"Freight is an uncompromising insight into people trafficking and gangland brutality. Making gritty use of locations around Leeds, writer-director Stuart St Paul raises several troubling issues in depicting a seedy side of city life that few will know exists. St Paul stages the combustible action with an emphasis on the ferocity of the violence, while Midwinter delivers a snarling display of ruthless cruelty that contrasts tellingly with Murray's more urbane brutishness." - David Parkinson, Empire Online
Gabe Taylor, former East-end gangster and contemporary of the Krays, and ex-SAS, now, a streetwise family man, is thrown into a turf war when his daughter (Laura Aikman) is kidnapped by Eastern European criminals.
The ferocious gang make their money trading in human beings; enslaving the imported women in seedy sex clubs, while forcing their devoted husbands to fight in front of blood-thirsty betting spectators, always with the promise of a better life in the UK just one fight away. Explosive, non-stop action ensues as Jed (Craig Fairbrass) helps Gabe battle to save his daughter and his city from chilling Romanian mafia boss Cristi (Danny Midwinter).
After a limited theatrical run in the UK, and a series of film festival premiers around the globe, the DVD release of Freight is highly anticipated. Winner of the Best Actor and Best Director awards at the Brackenridge USA Film Festival, Freight was awarded the prestigious Silver Palm at the Mexico International Film Festival 2010, and received several nominations at the Los Angeles Action In Film Awards, including Best Special Effects and Best Foreign Film (outside of North America).
Hailed as Britain's answer to “Taken”, Freight is an unashamedly political film which tackles a very real problem, not just in the UK, but the world over. It puts into motion what many people in the UK think about the country, its politicians, the police and the laws on immigration. It is however a delicately balanced film showing a tolerant multiracial country of people who will fight for what is right.
It is estimated that 12.3 million people, around half of them believed to be children, are in forced labour around the world, generating around £9.5bn in annual revenue.
"Billy Murray gives an uncompromising performance as Gabe and Danny Midwinter's Cristi is genuinely chilling. The direction is tight and economical and the actions scenes are expertly handled. Freight is a roller-coaster ride, an action thriller the likes of which British filmmaking has seemed unable create, until now." - Raindance Film Festival Review
SPECIAL FEATURES
A film lover's dream package, the UK DVD release of Freight will come complete with a full 112 minutes of special material and bonus features, including behind-the-scenes / making-of material, 7 cast interviews, 13 featurettes looking at the films locations and controversial subject material, Audio commentary with producer / director Stuart St Paul, composer Mark Blackledge and actor Billy Murray, and an expanded photo gallery.
Cast Interviews include Billy Murray, Craig Fairbrass, Danny Midwinter, Laura Aikman, Andy Tiernan, Zsolt Nagy and Natalie Anderson.
Featurettes include Vortex, Body Guard, Boxing Gym, Building Site, Burden head Farm, Container, Fight for Freedom, Kill All, Sex Traffic, Silks and Underground Fight.
'FREIGHT' - DVD PRODUCT INFORMATION
- Release Date 4th April 2011
- Format DVD
- Region 2
- Aspect Ratio 16:9
- Special Features - 7 cast interviews
- - 13 featurettes
- - Audio commentary with producer / director Stuart St Paul, composer Mark Blackledge and actor Billy Murray
- - Expanded photo gallery.
- BBFC Certification 18 (UK & ROI)
- UK DVD S.R.P £12.99
- Film Running Time 92 minutes
- Special Features Running Time 112 minutes
- Total Running Time 204 minutes
                    
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