Rogue (2020 film)
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| Directed by | M. J. Bassett |
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| Cinematography | Brendan Barnes |
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| Distributed by | Lionsgate |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $242,884[1][2] |
Rogue is a 2020 American action thriller film directed by M. J. Bassett, who wrote the screenplay with her daughter, Isabella. The film stars Megan Fox as a mercenary whose team gets trapped in Africa and must fight to survive against both the local insurgents and a lioness. The film was released on August 28, 2020.
Plot
Within the grasslands of Eastern Africa, Samantha O'Hara and her team of multinational mercenaries, Joey Kasinski, Mike Barasa, Bo Yinn, Elijah Dekker, Pata, and TJ are dispatched on a rescue mission to retrieve Asila Wilson, the daughter of a governor, and her two friends Chloe and Tessa, who had been abducted for ransom purposes by Zalamm, a crime lord. The mission is successful. While pursued across the plains by Zalamm's henchmen, a violent gunfight ensues atop the cliffs, in which TJ is killed, forcing the survivors to escape by leaping into the river below. Regrouping on the shoreline, Samantha orders for her team to find civilization and call their employers for an extraction; while arguing, Chloe is bitten by a crocodile.
While travelling, the team comes across an abandoned game farm; which Elijah confirms belonged to poachers, who specialized in trafficking wild animals for the exotic pet trade. At nightfall, the group find themselves stalked through the ranch by a lone lioness, who had slaughtered the previous occupants after escaping from her cage; Elijah is the first to be killed. Bo is then mauled by the lioness and is seriously injured. Samantha and Joey manage to find and power the generator to call for the extraction but Barasa is violently mauled by the lioness while helping them avoid it. Pata tells the group that Asila was taken not just for the ransom but because her father was given control of the entire region and also that he is the former Al-Shabaab fighter, much to Tessa's shock. Pata also tells them that the rebels killed his family after he left the militant group.
As Zalamm and his comrades tracks them, Joey is mauled by the lioness but Samantha is able to distract it. During the ensuing battle, Samantha and Pata manage to kill most of the men, Chloe kills one of the henchmen, Pata confronts and kills Masakh to avenge his family before he is killed by the rebels, who are killed shortly by the lioness, and Bo dies from his injuries with Joey by his side. Zalamm captures Tessa but Samantha appears and lures Zalamm into the barn where the lioness is waiting for its prey. The lioness mauls Zalamm to death and then faces Samantha, but spares her after hearing the cubs meowing. As the dawn breaks, the remaining survivors are walking around as the helicopter arrives to extract them.
Cast
- Megan Fox as Samantha O'Hara
- Philip Winchester as Joey Kasinski
- Greg Kriek as Mike Barasa
- Jessica Sutton as Asila Wilson
- Calli Taylor as Chloe
- Kenneth Fok as Bo Yinn
- Isabelle Bassett as Tessa
- Brandon Auret as Elijah Dekker
- Adam Deacon as Zalamm
- Sisanda Henna as Pata
- Tamer Burjaq as Maskakh
- Lee Anne-Lindburg as TJ
- Austin Shandu as Alfred
Production
M. J. Bassett originally wrote the screenplay with her daughter with the intention of it being a small pet project. After the producers read the script, they thought it was more of a star vehicle, and sent the script to Fox's agent, who accepted the next day.[3] Filming took place in December 2019 on a game farm about 40 miles from Johannesburg, South Africa, and lasted 22 days the same location used in the tv show "Wild at Heart" as Leapards Den .[4][5][6]
Release
Rogue was released in the United States digitally August 28, 2020, and then on Blu-ray and DVD September 1.[3] The film's trailer was released on July 20, 2020.[7]
Through its first two weeks of release in the U.S., the film had totaled $878,284 in DVD and Blu-ray sales.[2]
Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 67% based on nine reviews, with an average rating of 5.5/10.[8]
References
- ^ "Rogue (2020)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
- ^ a b "Rogue (2020)". The Numbers. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
- ^ a b Collis, Clark (July 20, 2020). "Megan Fox's mercenary takes on a lethal lion in trailer for action movie Rogue". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
- ^ Collis, Clark (December 11, 2019). "Megan Fox is joined by well-known SA actors on the set of 'Rogue'". IOL. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
- ^ http://www.solzyatthemovies.com/2020/08/27/m-j-bassett-talks-rogue-megan-fox/
- ^ https://411mania.com/movies/m-j-bassett-on-her-new-film-rogue-working-with-megan-fox-more/
- ^ Nahelhout, Ryan (July 21, 2020). "Megan Fox's 'Rogue' Is A War Movie Where The Real Villain Is… A Lion?". Uproxx. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
- ^ "Rogue (2020)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved November 23, 2020.