‘The Workout’ Found Footage Flick Hits Theaters Late August — Will Your Horoscope Survive the Sweat?
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Isn’t it weird how the cosmos sometimes line up just right—like today’s planetary shuffles stirring up a tempest of tension and transformation—perfect timing for a movie about a workout session gone violently off-script? James Cullen Bressack, known for flipping horror into high-octane action, is back with The Workout, a brutal found-footage thriller debuting in theaters August 27 before landing on VOD and Blu-ray October 28. Picture this: an Army Ranger and his pregnant wife filming a cozy private gym workout when a mob hit crashes the party. Tragedy strikes, but the fight for survival—and revenge—is just beginning, all caught on camera for a child who wasn’t even born yet. Talk about delivering a legacy of grit and fury! If Mars is packing a punch in your chart today, you might just find yourself rooting for Wyatt Park’s relentless quest. Ready to sweat through the chaos? LEARN MORE
Filmmaker James Cullen Bressack‘s found footage Fantastic Fest title The Workout has found a theatrical home.
The Workout will arrive in limited release Aug. 27 via Anchor Bay Entertainment, folllowed by VOD and Blu-ray on Oct. 28.
According to the logline, The Workout “chronicles Army Ranger Wyatt Park (Peter Jae) and his pregnant wife Becca (Galadriel Stineman) as they film a workout video in their private gym that becomes violently interrupted by a mob hit. Becca is killed, but their unborn child is miraculously saved. Grief-stricken and enraged, Wyatt and his brother-in-law Levi (Josh Kelly) launch a merciless mission of vengeance, documenting every moment for the child to one day understand what happened.”
The cast also includes Ashlee Evans-Smith, Kristos Andrews, Augie Duke, The Workout co-writer David Josh Lawrence and BJ Hendricks, who co-executive produced the feature.
Bressack co-wrote the script and produced, along with Ben Stobber. Executive producers include Mario Niccolò Messina and Valentina Cau for Insurgence.
Bressack came up as a horror director, and in recent years has shifted to action, working with stars such as Bruce Willis, Mel Gibson and Jean Claude-Van Damme, the latter of whom he directed in the feature Darkness of Man.
The Workout bowed last year at the genre-focused Fantastic Fest.
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