Retribution (2023)

Retribution is an upcoming action thriller film directed by Nimród Antal from a screenplay by Chris Salmanpour. It stars Liam Neeson, Noma Dumezweni, Lilly Aspell, Jack Champion, Embeth Davidtz and Matthew Modine. It is a remake of the 2015 Spanish film El desconocido. The film is scheduled to be released on August 25, 2023.

Plot:

The usual morning turned into a real disaster. Taking the children to school, Matt found a bomb in his car. To survive, he will have to blindly follow all the instructions given by the unknown. The rule is only one – don’t leave the vehicle. But how far behind the law is an ordinary businessman ready to go? To save the children, today he will have to break all the rules.

Production

Retribution is an American, French, German and Spanish co-production by StudioCanal and Studio Babelsberg Motion Pictures. It was shot mainly at Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam and in the streets of Berlin, where the story takes place. Originally announced in 2017, Neeson was confirmed to be starring in November 2020. In May 2021, it was announced that Champion and Aspell were cast to portray the son and daughter respectively of Neeson’s character. In June 2021, it was announced that Modine, Davidtz and Moayed were cast in the film.

In July 2021, Deadline Hollywood reported that Modine completed his scenes that were filmed in Germany. In November 2022, Lionsgate Films acquired the distribution rights to the film for the United States, Canada and India from StudioCanal and The Picture Company, later collaborating with Roadside Attractions in the aforementioned territories and PVR Inox Pictures in India under a later deal to release the film. It was reported in June 2022 that the film’s score was composed by Harry Gregson-Williams.