Recession Turns Deadly in Traders
David Gelmini
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It’s not strictly horror, but the action thriller Traders still seems brutal enough to deserve some Dread coverage. Get the skinny below.
From the Press Release:
A dark action thriller starring “Game of Throne’s” John Bradley and Killian Scott comes to Digital EST and Cable VOD on July 11, 2016.
Desperate times call for desperate measures, but the scheme at the center of TRADERS may be the most desperate of all. The twist-filled suspense drama in which young men risk their lives to get ahead stars John Bradley (Samwell from “Game of Thrones”) and Killian Scott. TRADERS will be available on Digital Platforms and Cable VOD on July 11th.
Jobs are gone. Homes are being repossessed. Suicide rates are soaring. But newly unemployed Vernon Stynes (Bradley) might have the solution to the despair brought on by recession. He masterminds a diabolical, all-or-nothing plan he calls “Trading.” Through an underground online network of similarly displaced individuals, two people agree to “trade” by emptying their bank accounts, selling everything they own, and putting the cash in nondescript green bags. They then travel to a remote location, dig a grave, and fight to the death. The winner buries the loser and takes the two bags. Then you find someone else and do it again and again and again, until you are rich enough or dead, whichever comes first.
Like Vernon, Harry Fox (Scott) has lost his job and his dignity. What else has he got to lose? Why not become a Trader? But when Trading becomes an alarmingly popular underground phenomenon, Vernon becomes a participant in the very game he created.
Featuring an exciting young cast and sure to appeal to fans of such classics as Shallow Grave and Fight Club, TRADERS is a daring and troubling look at the depths to which ordinary people can be driven that was written and directed by Rachel Moriarty and Peter Murphy.
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