Message from the King (2016)

Directed by

Fabrice Du Welz

Genre

crime film

Country

United Kingdom, France, Belgium, United States

Runtime

1h 42m

Rated

16

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 497 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man from South Africa travels to Los Angeles to find his sister. After learning she is dead, he sets out to get revenge on those responsible.

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What happens

Message from the King is a 2016 revenge-action-thriller film directed by Fabrice Du Welz, and written by Stephen Cornwell and Oliver Butcher. The film is produced by Cornwell, David Lancaster and Simon Cornwell and stars Chadwick Boseman, Luke Evans, Teresa Palmer, and Alfred Molina. The film's plot revolves around Jacob King (Boseman), a man from Cape Town, South Africa who travels to Los Angeles in order to find his younger sister and, after finding out she is dead, he works to avenge her death. The project was announced on November 4, 2014, along with Boseman's casting. Principal photography began in February 2015 in Los Angeles, California. Other filming locations included Cape Town, South Africa, Glendale, Beverly Hills and Topanga. The film premiered at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2016. It received mixed reviews from critics, with praise directed at Boseman's performance and criticism aimed at the script and the overall pacing. Netflix released the film on August 4, 2017. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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