Thomas Jane and Laurence Fishburne in Edge-of-your-seat thriller "Standoff"
Thomas Jane, known for his role in “The Punisher” and Laurence
Fishburne, known for his works in the blockbuster action trilogy “The Matrix”
star in the latest thrilling action film “Standoff.”
“Standoff” pits Carter
(Jane), a troubled veteran against a deadly assassin named Sade (Fishburne) trying
to kill a 12 year-old girl after she witnesses a murder. Bird, played by Ella Ballentine, is the
12-year-old girl coming to grips with the loss of her own parents. One day while in the cemetery, she witnesses
a brutal murder and captures photos of the event on her camera, and attempts to
flee with her guardian. But the ruthless Sade kills her guardian and then turns
his attention to Bird.
Bird runs toward
Carter’s house for help. Concerned, Carter runs to her rescue, but is shot by
Sade from a distance. The two victims dash inside and up to the second floor.
Armed with a single-barrel shotgun, Carter shoots Sade from the top of the
stairs as he enters the living room. Both men assess their wounds and their
firepower, and Carter realizes that he has only one shell left. A narrow
staircase and a thick wardrobe prevent the men from taking a clear shot, so a
game of psychological manipulation ensues.
In recent
interviews, Jane enthused on working with Fishburne, “It was a two-hander and I
liked that it would just be me and Laurence in a house. That’s always really
fun for an actor. When Laurence was interested, it became an easy, “Yes.” So, I
went up to Canada and made the movie. It was an interesting little script, and
it was like working with jazz musicians, where it’s people you admire and you
like their groove and you want to play with them for a little bit. That’s what
this kind of thing is about. It’s very fun. It was fun for me. Laurence and I were there playing off of each
other the whole time. Some days, I would come in and just be off camera all day
because they’d be downstairs shooting Laurence. And then, on other days,
Laurence would be off camera, all day, just playing to me while they were
shooting upstairs. It was interesting, in that respect. I don’t think I’ve ever
done that before, where you’d show up to work and not have to get into make-up
or wardrobe because you were there to support the other actor. That was your
job that day, but that was fun.”
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