Severance star Zach Cherry is Gary, a coward who isn’t sure he can be loved. He meets widow Ell, portrayed by Maria Bakalova of The Apprentice and Borat Subsequent Moviefilm fame. What can go wrong on their blind date in a small Canadian town? A lot, it turns out in All Night Wrong, directed and produced by Canadian filmmaker Jason James (Entanglement, Mountain Men), which world premieres as a headline presentation at SXSW London on Tuesday evening.
Just check out this plot summary: “Two broken people meet for a blind date and inadvertently steal a car containing $40,000 and a dead body in the trunk. With a killer on their trail and blood on their hands, they’ve got one night to do all the wrong things – for all the right reasons.”
Indeed, a dying wish and a cryptic clue lead the unlikely duo on a journey full of twists and turns, bad choices, awkward conversations, lies, fights, mystery, betrayal, and a dangerous killer. Their neo-noir all-night trip is also full of laughs and touching moments.
Frequent James collaborators Tyler Labine (Tucker & Dale vs. Evil, New Amsterdam) and Emily Hampshire (Schitt’s Creek, The Rig), as well as Ryan Beil also feature in the movie, written by Jason Filiatrault (The Order, Entanglement).
