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Headlined by Barry Pepper and directed by Luke Sparke, Bring Him To Me is a tightly wound, first rate crime thriller that has its share of surprises. With an indie budget and a limited shooting schedule, Sparke was able to pull it off. In his interview with Deepest Dream, the filmmaker talked about how he was unwavering about one important creative decision . . .
Barry Pepper is simply known as Driver, a man who is working for an unforgiving mob boss (Rachel Griffiths). Jamie Costa is the Passenger, a member of the crew who was part of a violent robbery which went south. The boss wants the Passenger for some unspecified reason, leading the Driver debate which side to take.
Some movies take years to make, but Bring Him To Me almost happened overnight. “Basically I just talked to (screenwriter Tom Evans) one day and he said he was working on a crime movie. I said, “Send me the script” (and) I enjoyed it,” said Luke Sparke. “When I did the deal with him, within two weeks we had the film greenlit and into pre-production.”\
One huge decision comes at the end of Bring Him To Me. The director could have ended the movie in a predictable fashion, but he chose the road less traveled.
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“Obviously the ending, you kind of think it might go (like) John Wick. Barry Pepper goes in and takes out a bunch of guys,” said Sparke. “But that wasn’t the essence of the story, and there were suggestions made to us on that. But I didn’t want to do that because I didn’t want to suddenly make it a different movie. (I wanted) to stay with the crime noir thing where we could have this, like sort of dripping neon sort of look throughout the film.”
Full Interview with filmmaker Luke Sparke:
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