Project Detail

Bait (aka The Taking)

Synopsis

Tired of their mundane lives working on a street food stall in the poor side of town, Bex and Dawn dream of opening their own up-market café but the banks all reject their business loan applications. In the current economic climate, no-one will take a risk on them until they meet Jeremy, an independent businessman who offers to fund their vision. They accept, thrilled at first - but all too soon the true motives for Jeremy's kind offer become evident. He is a vicious loan shark and his ways and means are as unforgiving as his capacity for terror and cruelty.
Unable to meet his outrageous payment demands, Bex and Dawn must find it within themselves to turn the tables on their malicious aggressor, leading to a maelstrom of bloody, savage and pitiless retribution.

Details

Year
2014
Type of project
Features
Running time
82 mins
Director
Dominic Brunt 1st Feature
Producer
Dominic Brunt, Helen Grace, Jennifer Handorf, Michael Lacey, Joanne Mitchell, Jezz Vernon
Executive Producer
Martin Campbell, Kwesi Dickson
Editor
David Mercer
Screenwriter
Paul Roundell
Director of Photography
Geoff Boyle
Principal cast
Victoria Smurfit, Joanne Mitchell, Jonathan Slinger, Rula Lenska

Genre

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Mitchell-Brunt Films

96 Kirkstall Road
Leeds
LS3 1HD

Sales Company

Metrodome International

Suite 31, Beaufort Court
Admiral's Way
London
E14 9XL

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