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Are you a fan of Michael Mann’s Heat? Have you seen 13 Hours, TV’s The Unit, The Killing of Two Lovers, and The Integrity of Joseph Chambers? As a fan of Max Martini and Clayne Crawford’s work, I was on board with their latest movie The Channel. Director William Kaufman brings touches of Heat amidst an indie budget, and this ambitious feature absolutely nailed it. Crawford and Martini talked to Deepest Dream about their close friendship and how that fed into The Channel.
The interview begins with asking Max Martini and Clayne Crawford about their reaction to watching The Channel. Since they have known each other for years (they worked together on John Dahl’s The Raid), the dry wit banter was immediate.
“I loved it,” said Martini. “I was really impressed with the action and was really pleased with the acting scenes that were more sort of dialogue driven. . .”
“With me, specifically,” said Crawford.
“With you. Can we talk about how amazing Clayne was in the movie?”
I asked Martini if Crawford helped him step up his game for The Channel. Crawford interjects in a deadpan delivery, “I don’t know if I was successful.”
The Channel centers on a military vet named Jamie (Clayne Crawford) who robs a bank with his unpredictable brother Mic (Max Martini) and several other ex-Marines. When their bank heist goes south, the siblings must find a way to escape out of New Orleans alive. Nicoye Banks is the dogged FBI agent on their trail and Juliene Joyner is Jamie’s understandbly stressed out wife.
William Kaufman penned and directed the taut and adrenaline fueled 95-minute feature. The Channel hits theaters and On Demand July 14. I’ll be reviewing (and recommending) The Channel during this week’s episode of CinemAddicts.
Check out the full interview with Martini and Crawford below:
***My mini-review of The Channel: great acting from leads Clayne Crawford and Max Martini. Several great action sequences, including a house hopping scene in the third act that was memorable. One scene almost had me look the other way and it was extremely tense. Overall, an an above average, character driven action movie!
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