Pawn Shop is an upcoming American action film film written and directed by Michael Polish.
The film attracted early controversy for allegedly depicting the killing of Renée Good as justifiable and its Pro-ICE positions.
Premise Set during the civil unrest in Minneapolis during Operation Metro Surge carried out by ICE and CBP, a young ICE agent is left alone after his partner is seriously hurt and must find a way to avoid progressive protestors and an MS-13 death squad seeking to free the Hispanic man in the agent's custody who is a high ranking MS-13 boss. Seeking shelter inside a neighborhood pawn shop, he becomes trapped with a traditional Hispanic father and his progressive college-age son. As tensions rise between those sheltering in the pawn shop and neighboring Korean grocery store, the group must also try to survive the escalating violence of the protestors and gang members surrounding them.
Cast Myles Clohessy Danny Trejo Harvey Keitel Henry Thomas CJ Salvador Noel Gugliemi Paris Bravo
Development In October 2026, it was reported that The Daily Wire and Bonfire Legend had begun production on a new film described as being Pro-ICE and depicting the killing of Renée Good in Livingston, Montana under the working title of Pawn Shop. The film attracted controversy not only for its controversial subject matter, but also for its usage blank gunshots, pyrotechnics, and a staged car crash without notifying local residents which led to many protesting the film. A call sheet listed Danny Trejo, Harvey Keitel and Henry Thomas among the film's cast. Further ire by the film was stoked when part of writer Jake Harlen's script was released to the public and described the character of Melanie, the stand-in for Renee Good, as "a fat blue-hair" and described in gorey detail the gunshot wounds on her and her partner. Later that week, it was reported the city of Livingston had suspended filming for Pawn Shop. The Livingston City Commission voted unanimously to suspend production over the disruption to local business, blocking access to the city’s only food bank, and the production's lack of notice to local residents of the dangerous stunts being performed. Two days later, Pawn Shop was reported to have resumed production under a revised film permit. In his podcast The Ben Shapiro Show, producer Ben Shapiro decried the Livingston City Commission's suspension of Pawn Shop was purely political. Shapiro further stated:
We are obviously right over the target. When you try to shout us down, you only make us more powerful. Your antics are not going to work. The film will be completed and it will be released and it will be highly successful. We call those feathers in our cap. Trophies over our mantle.
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