Blood Out

This article is about the 2011 film. For other uses, see Blood In, Blood Out (disambiguation).

Blood Out
Directed by	Jason Hewitt
Written by	John A. O'Connell Jason Hewitt
Produced by	Michael Arata Jason Hewitt Carsten H.W. Lorenz
Starring	Luke Goss Vinnie Jones Val Kilmer 50 Cent AnnaLynne McCord Tamer Hassan
Cinematography	Christian Herrera
Edited by	Ezra Gould Matt Hathcox Donald Ray Washington
Music by	Jermaine Stegall
Production companies	Films In Motion Voodoo Production Cinema Management Group
Distributed by	Lionsgate
Release date	April 26, 2011 (2011-04-26)
Running time	89 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$2.5 million

Blood Out is a 2011 American direct-to-video action film written by Jason Hewitt and John A. O'Connell and starring Val Kilmer and Luke Goss. The film is Hewitt's directorial debut.

Premise

Small town Cop Michael Savion (Luke Goss) gets stone-walled by big city detectives led by Hardwick (50 Cent) when he asks them to investigate his younger brother's death. After his brother's death he swears vengeance in a flashback where he fires his gun in the rain over his dead body. His brother David (Ryan Donowho), a gangster, was murdered by members of his own gang for having wanted to quit the gang lifestyle in order to marry Gloria (a gang member's sister), and for being suspected of 'ratting' out his gang's activities. Savion takes off his badge and goes vigilante to seek justice for the death of his brother, and crosses paths with Arturo (Val Kilmer), the leader of an international ring involved in human trafficking.

Cast

• Luke Goss as Michael
• Tamer Hassan as Elias
• AnnaLynne McCord as Anya
• Vinnie Jones as Zed
• 50 Cent as Hardwick
• Val Kilmer as Arturo
• Ed Quinn as Anthony
• Ryan Donowho as David
• Ambyr Childers as Medic
• Michael Arata as Detective
• Jesse Pruett as Methhead
• Bobby Lashley as Hector
• Stephanie Honore as Gloria

Production

Filming began May 10, 2010 on locations in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Vinnie Jones appears in the film. Despite reports of an earlier conflict with actor Tamer Hassan, both were quite amicable on and off the set.

WWE Wrestler Bobby Lashley stars in the film.

As an unusual method of "clearing his head" on set after "flubbing" an occasional line of dialog, Val Kilmer would briefly break into dog-like barks and howls.

Lionsgate/Grindstone acquired distribution rights for the U.S. and Canada while Lionsgate U.K. acquired distribution right for the UK, and has announced tentative plans for an end-of-year domestic release of the film.

Soundtrack

The film was scored by Jermaine Stegall, and features the single "Hells Gates" by Colin C. Allrich under his Slighter alias. Also T. Lee from DesFly Entertainment song called "Im The Shit.

Release

The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray in America on April 26, 2011.

External links

• Blood Out at IMDb
• Podcast interview with Jason Hewitt