It’s still somewhat odd to me that, somehow, Aaron Eckhart has stumbled out of A-list territory and into straight-to-VOD land. And like so many whose careers take this trajectory, Eckhart is also somehow busier than ever. He can currently be seen in the K-9 revenge movie Muzzle (review here), and now comes the trailer for his upcoming boxing drama, Rumble Through the Dark, which sees him paired up with co-star Bella Thorne.
Set in the Mississippi Delta, the film stars Eckhart as Jack Boucher, a down ‘n out bare-knuckle fighter forced to retire due to concussions. Now riddled with debt to the local crime kingpin, and a family legacy to protect, he’s forced back into the ring for the fight of his life. Thorne plays Annette, a carnival worker who has her own ideas of Jack’s redemption.
The film is directed by Graham Phillips and Parker Phillips, based on the novel The Fighter by Michael Farris Smith. The Help director Tate Taylor, a Southern boy himself, is aboard as exec-producer.
Also in the cast are Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Joe Hursley, and Liz Fenning. Ritchie Montgomery, Mike McColl, and Susan McPhail.
Rumble Through the Dark hits theaters and streaming on November 10th.
