Taglines: Vengeance becomes her.
Trigger Warning movie storyline. Special Forces commando Parker (Jessica Alba) is on active duty overseas when she gets called back to her hometown with the tragic news that her father has suddenly died. Now the owner of the family bar, Parker reconnects with her former boyfriend turned sheriff Jesse (Mark Webber), his hot-tempered brother Elvis (Jake Weary), and their powerful father Senator Swann (Anthony Michael Hall) as she looks to understand what actually happened to her dad.
Parker’s search for answers quickly goes south, and she soon finds herself at odds with a violent gang running rampant in her hometown. Unsure of who she can truly trust, Parker draws on her commando training and proves herself a force to be reckoned with as she hunts down the truth and attempts to right what has gone wrong in Swann County, with the help of her covert ops partner and hacker Spider (Tone Bell) and connected local dealer Mike (Gabriel Basso). Trigger Warning is directed by Mouly Surya, written by John Brancato, Josh Olson, and Halley Gross, and produced by Erica Lee, Basil Iwanyk, and Esther Hornstein.
Trigger Warning is an American action thriller film based on a short story by Otep Shamaya. Directed by Mouly Surya in her English-language film debut, and written by John Brancato, Josh Olson, Halley Gross, Otep Shamaya, based on a story by Otep Shamaya. Produced by Thunder Road Films and Lady Spitfire, the film stars Jessica Alba and Anthony Michael Hall. The film follows a skilled Special Forces officer who takes ownership of her grandfather’s bar shortly after he dies, and soon finds herself at odds with the violent gang running rampant in her hometown.
Trigger Warning was first acquired by Thunder Road Films in June 2016 with a spec script to be written by Josh Olson and John Brancato and it is described as a female-led cross between First Blood and John Wick Netflix later acquired the film in May 2020 with Jessica Alba set to star and executive produce and Mouly Surya attached to direct. Much of the main cast rounding out in September 2021, with filming taking place in New Mexico between September and October 2021. Enis Rotthoff composed the film’s score in August 2023. Trigger Warning was released by Netflix on June 21, 2024.
Who’s in the cast of Trigger Warning?
Alongside Jessica Alba as Parker, Trigger Warning features Mark Webber, Tone Bell, Jake Weary, Gabriel Basso, and Anthony Michael Hall. Kaiwi Lyman and Hari Dhillon also star. Alba’s leading role fulfills a longtime dream to be an action hero, just like a few of her childhood heroes. “I loved Luc Besson’s La Femme Nikita,” she says. “I also loved Ripley [in Alien], and I love Sarah Connor in Terminator.” (On Dark Angel, Alba worked with James Cameron, the man who made Ripley and Sarah Connor action icons.)
For Surya, Alba herself was an icon growing up. The director first connected with her by phone in an unlikely locale — outside a yoga class in Surya’s native Jakarta, Indonesia. “It was a little surreal,” Surya says. “We talked for an hour or so, and it was totally unexpected talking with your teenage idol basically out of nowhere.”
As time went on, of course, Surya acclimated to being starstruck. “At first I didn’t know how to act around her,” she says. “But then slowly you start to see actors as [people].” Surya has plenty of experience working with stars in Indonesia, where she’s directed several films, including the Citra Award-winning Fiksi. and Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts. “Jessica is very fiery and also she’s straight up,” Surya says. “She will tell you exactly what she thinks, and I love that about her.”
On September 2, 2021, filming was set to start in New Mexico in the fall of 2021. On October 1, 2021, crew member James Saul was hospitalized because a snapped cable hit and broke Saul’s leg. On August 29, 2023, it was announced that Enis Rotthoff had recorded the score for the film.[ Rothoff is best known for scoring the other movies such as Guns Akimbo, Love Sarah and The Sunlit Night.
Trigger Warning (2024)
Directed by: Mouly Surya
Starring: Jessica Alba, Anthony Michael Hall, Mark Webber, Jake Weary, Tone Bell, Alejandro De Hoyos, Gabriel Basso, Kaiwi Lyman, Hari Dhillon, Nadiv Molcho, Peter Monro, Stephanie Jones
Screenplay by: John Brancato, Josh Olson, Halley Gross
Production Design by: Natasha Gerasimova
Cinematography by: Zoë White
Film Editing by: Chris Tonick, Robert Grigsby Wilson
Costume Design by: Samantha Hawkins
Set Decoration by: Susan Magestro
Art Direction by: Lauren Slatten
Music by: Enis Rotthoff
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: Netflix
Release Date: June 21, 2024
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