Copyright © 2007 Modern Life? Written By: Written by Chris Regan; Story by story by Ross Boyask & Phil Hobden Betrayed whilst repaying an old blood debt, and left to die in the uncaring sea, former gun for hire Ryan returns to enact a violent, bloody revenge on the ten men who killed his girlfriend, forcing him back into a life he thought he’d left behind years ago. No bad deed goes unpunished. Ten Men took his life away. Now Ten Men Will Pay! ‘Sin City’ meets ‘The Punisher’ in this all action high definition independent British action feature film. Rating: R Director: Ross Boyask Cast: Brendan Carr (‘The Purifiers’, ‘Band Of Brothers’, ‘Rise Of The Foot Soldier’), Terry Stone (‘Rise Of The Foot Soldier’, ‘Rollin’ With The Nines’) and John Rackham (‘Left For Dead’), with special appearances by Lee Latchford- Evans (International Pop Phenomenon ‘STEPS’), Pooja Shah (‘Eastenders’, ‘Bend It Like Beckham’) and Silvio Simac (‘DOA: Dead Or Alive’, ‘Undisputed 2’,’Jet Li’s Unleashed’)

Genre Action/Adventure Crime Thriller Official Website Meet the Writer View Trailer

Meet the Writer

Ross Boyask - Director | interviewed by: Paul Heckler

How has the filming been going so far?
Unbelievably hectic and incredibly rewarding. The cast and crew are really coming together to produce great results. Obviously we are always battling time or sunlight on each shoot but we are all doing our best to wring every last second of filming time and make it count. There is a real sense of urgency on each shoot, but there is also a lot of fun going on as well. Any challenge is met with high spirits, all in all.

Any problems?
Trying to beat the clock is always the key issue for us. Any film shoot is essentially problem after problem after problem, but it’s the way that the cast and crew rises to the challenge that determines the success of each day, and so far everyone is doing admirably. Probably the main problem is that we have a lot less people around, each doing the job of a lot more people, so it it would be great if we had more hands on board who were able to take some of those duties on themselves, but our motto is basically “whatever it takes to get the job done”.

What’s making this film different from Left For Dead?
We are filming it in a much tighter timeframe with less people, but the people involved for the most part have a lot more professional experience than a lot of people we worked with “Left For Dead”, but I’m sure they would also tell you that they are still always learning themselves. Filmmaking is a process, and every day you film or edit, or whatever your role is, you learn more and more, just from meeting people or encountering and overcoming different challenges each day. I also think that this film has a more specific vision and style than “Left For Dead” which in places was a bit more ramshackle and rambling.

What’s to come, effects/fight/stunt wise?
Plenty! Different types of fights, more realistic looking gunplay and physical effects and we are also doing some very interesting things in post-production, but more on that as it comes. Each setpiece is more contained and effective than in “Left For Dead” so the action will come hard and fast but perhaps not drag on quite so much as some of our previous fights did, which is maybe more down to the effectiveness of Jude and his guys on set and our more punchy editing style, keeping the action direct and to the point, but with amazing stand-out moments.

Are the inspirations still the same as they were at the start?
I think so, although our methods evolve more as we are working. I think the original vision is still intact, although time will tell on that one. It would be a lie to say that we don’t change things as we go, but we always take new suggestions and compare them to what we wan the film to be, so as long as that is constant I‘ll be happy with our efforts.

Do you get a real sense of anticipation about this film?
It is hard not to feel that way right now, but I’m sure things will grind a bit once filming is completed and we are into the slog of post-production, which is really where you end up watching every frame of film so many times that you end up finding it very hard to step back and look at the film as a whole, but it is very exciting right now because the material we are filming is better than anything we have shot before so there is a lot of promise ahead of us and I just want to make sure we live up to it and do our cast and crew proud. I can’t thank everyone involved enough so far for their help, patience, enthusiasm and hard work.