Officer Downe is a 2016 American action thriller film directed by Shawn Crahan and produced by Mark Neveldine.
Plot A deceased police officer is resurrected from the dead to continue his war on crime.
Cast
Kim Coates as Officer Downe Tyler Ross as Officer Gable Lauren Vélez as Chief Berringer Glenn Howerton as Dominic Sam Witwer as Burnham Lindsay Pulsipher as Tiger Reno Wilson as Carter Mark Neveldine as Hazmat #1 Adi Shankar as Crook #2 Tracy Vilar as Hanso Shad Gaspard as Brick Corey Taylor as Headcase Harry Bruno Gunn as Fritch Meadow Williams as Mother Supreme Alison Lohman as Sister Blister Chris Fehn as Vulture
Production The film was first announced on July 15, 2013. Kim Coates was confirmed to play the lead role on February 20, 2015. The rest of the cast was confirmed on April 1, 2015.
Filming began in March 2015. Joe Casey, who created the comic series on which the film is based, wrote the film's screenplay. The first images from the film were revealed on May 15, 2015. In July 2015, the film was unveiled to buyers at the Berlin European Film Market where it was revealed Slipknot co-founder Shawn Crahan would direct in his feature debut having directed many of Slipknot's music videos. Producers Mark Neveldine and Skip Williams voiced excitement for the film comapring the stylistic leanings of the film to their previous effort Crank Discussing his involved role in the production, Casey who served as writer and producer on the project stated:
I like making things. It’s why I love doing comicbooks at Image Comics, in particular, where you have the most control of the actual making of the thing. I wanted that same kind of completely immersive experience when it came to this movie — that’s why I made sure I was a producer so I would be. And I certainly was involved. From writing the script to helping to pitch it to potential financiers to pre-production and principal photography to editing and VFX and all the other post-production details… I was there for absolutely all of it. So I wouldn’t have known how to sit on the sidelines. For a process junkie like me, being in the belly of the beast is where I had to be.
More images from the film were released on May 13, 2016. Producer Mark Neveldine confirmed that the film would be rated R by the MPAA.
It had its world premiere at the LA Film Festival in June 2016.
Reception
Officer Downe received generally negative reviews. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a 33% "fresh" rating with an average score of 4.9 out of 10. Scott Tobias, writing for Variety, called it a “thoroughly repugnant piece of comic-book juvenalia [sic].” Mike D’Angelo, critic for The A.V. Club wrote, “Officer Downe has no real story and no point of view-just endless, assaultive testosterone.”
IGN awarded it a score of 6.8 out of 10, saying "While it has some enjoyable moments, there are too many missed opportunities when the film could have taken it to the next level."
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