The film stars Paul Sloan (I AM WRATH); Quinton “Rampage” Jackson (THE
A-TEAM; UFC); Michael Jai White (Spawn, Blood & Bone); with Jason
Mewes (CLERKS, JAY & SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK) and Michael Madsen (THE
HATEFUL 8; RESERVOIR DOGS; KILL BILL). The film is produced by Mike
Hatton of Ton of Hats (who also co-stars in the film); Asko Akopyan of
Oscar Gold Productions and Nick Vallelonga of Vallelonga Productions.
Paul Sloan and Christian Sesma share writing credits on the picture.
VIGILANTE
DIARIES revolves around a team of black-ops agents turned
crime-fighters, led by an elusive, brooding anti-hero of near-mythical
physical and weapons skills, known only as “The Vigilante” (Sloan).
Abandoned by governments, corporations and his handlers and with a
bounty on his head, The Vigilante’s jam-packed missions of rescue and
revenge take the audience from the mega-mansions and underbelly of Los
Angeles to seven far-flung locations on three continents, including:
Yerevan (Armenia); London; Glasgow; Moscow; and Mexicali.
The
film introduces a cast of colorful, dangerous, and hilarious
characters. Mewes plays Beverly Hills documentary filmmaker Michael
Hanover, who records the exploits of The Vigilante and is thrust
headfirst into his subject, becoming a high-value target himself in the
process. Mix in a trio of Asian femmes fatales, a cadre of ruthless
Armenian mobsters, and at the top, a pair of deep cover super-spies
hell-bent on throwing the world into chaos. Now it’s up to the Vigilante
to sort ‘em all out. With no shortage of blood, gore, sex, and
first-person shooter action sequences, VIGILANTE DIARIES is what action
and adventure fans, hardcore gamers and graphic novel and comic readers
who like everything from DEADPOOL to SIN CITY have been hungering for.
VIGILANTE
DIARIES began as a web series that premiered at the San Diego Comic-con
and ran on Machinima's digital channel through a partnership with the
WME-owned Chill.com. Sesma and Hatton used the original series to sell
Executive Producer Asko Akopyan on the picture and incorporated short
clips of it into the final film as an origin story. Hatton says, “I saw
the original web series and knew it could be expanded. It's second
time I've taken a web series and turned it into a theatrical release.
The concept of an action comedy set in a dark, gritty and hyper-violent
world was appealing to me.”
Sesma
remembers, "VIGILANTE DIARIES began as crazy web series that Paul Sloan
and I did between other projects. To see it now, as a studio-quality
action film that is part KILL BILL, part MISSION IMPOSSIBLE that was
done with a very limited budget is exciting. VIGILANTE DIARIES is my
third feature coming out this year and it's definitely the one I believe
will be a huge break out.”
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