Take Cover (film)
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Directed by | Nick McKinless |
Screenplay by | Joshua Todd James |
Produced by | Ben Jacques Melissa Massey |
Starring | Scott Adkins Alice Eve Jack Parr Madalina Bellariu Ion Nik Goldman |
Cinematography | Rick Joaquim |
Edited by | Liviu Jipescu |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Take Cover is a 2024 British action thriller film directed by Nick McKinless and starring Scott Adkins and Alice Eve. The film about a professional sniper trapped in an all-glass penthouse by a deadly rival.
Plot
[edit]Sam, a sniper and Ken, a spotter are arguing about God while watching their high profile target on a rooftop. Sam finds a perfect shot but it hit the girlfriend of the target. He takes another shot and kills the target. Both escape from that place returns home. Sam is in regret about killing that innocent girl but Ken keeps ignoring because he thinks we are the good soldiers who works for the government.
Sam decides to retire and talks to his boss, Tamara about it. She convinces him to take one last assignment in Frankfurt and Sam agrees. Sam and Ken reaches Frankfurt but Ken is disappointed about retiring.
They entered a luxurious penthouse as an upgrade from Boss. The manager opens the curtain but Sam ask him to close it because he is uncomfortable. Two massage girls, Mona and Lily, joins them as a gift from the Boss.
Mona is a fortune teller and she reads the palm of Sam and Ken. Manager joins again with food and suddenly opens the curtains, Sam shouts to close it but he sees a flash of sniper glass on a building opposite to him. He shouts to make everyone head down and sniper starts the shooting.
He tries to close the curtains but manager, a professional ninja Assassin, stops him and tries to kill him. Sam manages to knock him down. Ken makes a call to Boss and ask for escort. Manager wakes up again and Ken throws him out of the window but he is shot by the sniper and falls.
Sam finds that the Boss Tamara is trying to kill them because she doesn't like the idea of Sam to retire.
Sam kills all the assassins and snipers. Mona takes a promise from Sam to take care of her 8 year old daughter and sacrifices herself.
Later, he calls Tamara. She is waiting for her flight to Dubai in the airport. Sam kills her in restroom.
Cast
[edit]- Scott Adkins as Sam Lorde
- Alice Eve as Tamara
- Jack Parr as Ken
- Madalina Bellariu Ion as Mona
- Alba De Torrebruna as Lily
- Michael Jai White as Assassin (cameo)
- Billy Clements as Assassin (cameo)
Production
[edit]Scott Adkins announced that he's going to star in a film called Take Cover. Principal photography started June 19, 2023 in England.[1]
Release
[edit]Brainstorm Media and Fandango at Home will debut Take Cover in select US theaters and on VOD starting on October 4,[2] in the UK and Ireland on October 14, 2024.
References
[edit]- ^ III, Lee B. Golden (2023-06-16). "TAKE COVER: Scott Adkins Announces New Action Thriller Filming Next Week". Film Combat Syndicate. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
- ^ "Scott Adkins & Alice Eve in Generic Action Thriller 'Take Cover' Trailer | FirstShowing.net". www.firstshowing.net. 2024-09-13. Retrieved 2024-09-13.
External links
[edit]- Take Cover at IMDb