A Day to Die

2022 American film by Wes Miller

Scott Mallace
Rab Berry
Wes Miller

Produced by

Wes Miller
Andrew van den Houten
Curtis Nichouls
U. Leo Ohaebosim
DJ Dodd

Starring

Kevin Dillon
Bruce Willis
Gianni Capaldi
Brooke Butler
Leon
Frank Grillo

CinematographyMichael BrouphyEdited byJulie GarcésMusic byPaul Koch

Production
companies

Blue Box Entertainment
Sweet Unknown South
Hood River Entertainment
Future Proof Films
High Five Films

Distributed byVertical Entertainment

Release date

March 4, 2022 (2022-03-04)

Running time

105 minutes^[1]CountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBudget$5 million^[2]Box office$98,616^[3]^[4]

A Day to Die is an 2022 American heist action film written, directed, and produced by Wes Miller. It stars Kevin Dillon, Bruce Willis, Gianni Capaldi, Brooke Butler, Leon, and Frank Grillo. The film was released on March 4, 2022, by Vertical Entertainment.

Premise

Connor Connolly, a disgraced parole officer, becomes indebted to a local drug kingpin, Tyrone Pettis, after having no choice but to kill one of the latter's young enforcers (an "asset"). Upon having his pregnant wife Candice abducted by Pettis as leverage, Connor is forced to pull off a series of dangerous drug heists within twelve hours in order to pay the $2 million dollars he now owes. Connor recruits his old teammates to conduct the heists with him, rescue his kidnapped pregnant wife, and settle a score with the city's corrupt police chief Alston who had double-crossed them years ago in a botched hostage situation that led to the former team's disbandment. Alston is secretly in an uneasy alliance with Pettis, who has financed his rise to power. The team goes through with the heists, and confronts Pettis whilst rescuing Candice, before coming to a mutual understanding and engaging in one final heist in an attempt to disrupt Alston's criminal operations. In the end, Connor, Pettis, and Candice successfully flee the country, while Alston, having been recorded during the ongoing heist gunning down one of his subordinates who was catching onto his illicit activities, is arrested.

Cast

Kevin Dillon as Connor Connolly, a disgraced parole officer and former member of a "ghost" squad
Bruce Willis as Alston, the police chief
Leon as Tyrone Pettis, the local drug kingpin
Frank Grillo as Brice Mason, the ex-captain of a "ghost" squad
Gianni Capaldi as Tim Connolly, Connor's brother, and a former member of a "ghost" squad
Brooke Butler as Candice Connolly, Connor's pregnant wife
Johnny Messner as Deputy Chief Schipp
Vernon Davis as Dwayne Miller, a former member of a "ghost" squad
Alexander Kane as Steven Rogers, a former member of a "ghost" squad
Aspen Kennedy as Joaquin Smith
Mohamed Karim as Detective Reynolds, a police officer
Curtis Nichouls as Spade, Pettis' right hand man

Production

Principal photography for A Day to Die began in Jackson, Mississippi in March 2021, as the first feature to be shot in the city in 2021. Filming concluded after six weeks in April, with the final scenes being shot in Hawkins Field Airport.^[5] In May 2021, Vertical Entertainment acquired distribution rights to the film.^[6]

Release

The film was released in select theaters and through video-on-demand on March 4, 2022, by Vertical Entertainment.^[4]^[7]

Box office

A Day to Die grossed $0 in the United States and Canada and $98,616 in Russia and the United Arab Emirates,^[3] plus $266,275 with home video sales,^[4] against a production budget of $5 million.^[2]

References

^ "A Day to Die". British Board of Film Classification.
^ ^a ^b Anderson, Roslyn (April 5, 2021). "Bruce Willis among A-List stars filming A Day to Die in Jackson". WTVY. Archived from the original on May 12, 2021. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "'A Day to Die' (2022)". Box Office Mojo. IMDbPro. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "A Day to Die (2022) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
^ Anderson, Roselyn (April 24, 2021). "Filming wraps in Capital City on action thriller starring Bruce Willis". WTOK-TV. Archived from the original on April 24, 2021. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
^ N'Duka, Amanda (May 12, 2021). "Vertical Entertainment Acquires A Day to Die Starring Bruce Willis & Frank Grillo". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on May 12, 2021. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
^ "A Day to Die". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved October 20, 2022.