Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner! If the film is half as good as the trailer, Paramount will have a wiinner, winner, chicken dinner with the action thriller Run & Gun. The one liners! The action! A young Mel Gibson ala Lethal Weapon, or perhaps Eddie Murphy in his Beverly Hills Cop or The Golden Child days would have been lining up for a shot to porttray our Ray. He's a reformed man, looking for the quiet life. Just when he thought he was out, THEY PULLED HIM BACK IN!

The official synopsis reads, "After leaving a life of crime and violence, Ray is a reformed good guy, enjoying a quiet family life in the 'burbs. But when his past is discovered, Ray is blackmailed into one last job to collect a mysterious package. After a deadly double-cross, he finds himself wounded and on the run from ruthless assassins who will stop at nothing to get what he has. Now, with the lives of his loved ones hanging in the balance and danger at every turn, Ray's only hope is to draw upon his violent past to survive."

Christopher Borrelli has written and directed the action flick, peppered with the magic amount of comedy. The film stars Ben Milliken (Sonora, the Devil's Highway, Mighty Oak), Brad William Henke (Orange is the New Black, The Stand), Janel Parrish (Pretty Little Liars, To All the Boys I've Loved Before), Mark Dacascos (Brotherhood of the Wolf, John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum) Celestino Cornielle (The Fate of the Furious, Too Old to Die Young), Angela Sarafyan (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2, Westworld) Alison Thorton (Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency), Hudson Yang (Fresh Off the Boat, Sisterhood of Night), Michelle Campbell (Modern Family, Yellowstone), Ari Barkan (Blue Bloods, Gotham), Rafael Cebrián (Narcos, The Librarians) and Richard Kind (A Serious Man, The Goldbergs).

This will be Christopher Borrelli's directorial debut. His experience behind the camera is vast. He wrote the screenplay for the Scott Eastwood thriller Dangerous, about a reformed sociopath who journeys to a remote island to investigate the mystery behind his brother's demise, but soon ends up facing off with more than he bargained for. He also penned, Eloise, starring Chase Crawford, about four friends who break into an abandoned insane asylum in search of a death certificate which will grant one of them a large inheritance. Hie expertise also lies in visual effects, having worked on the classics Con Air and Armageddon. You can look forward to seeing Ben Milliken in the upcoming comedy, Block Party, starring alongside Golden Brooks, Antoinette Robertson and Margaret Avery. The film is directed by Dawn Wilkinson who is best know for her work on Empire and How to Get Away with Murder.

Until then, treat yourself to what looks like a fun ride from Paramount, the action-thriller Run & Gun. The film hits select theaters Friday and arrives on Digital & On Demand January 11 and DVD January 25, 2022.