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Sympathy for the Devil

Sympathy for the Devil

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Sympathy for the Devil

"Revenge takes the wheel."

2023

1h 30m

5.9(342 votes)

Thriller

Action

Overview

After being forced to drive a mysterious passenger at gunpoint, a man finds himself in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse where it becomes clear that not everything is as it seems.

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Hammerstone Studios

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The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Joel Kinnaman

Joel Kinnaman

The Driver

Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Cage

The Passenger

Alexis Zollicoffer

Alexis Zollicoffer

Waitress

Cameron Lee Price

Cameron Lee Price

Cop

Oliver McCallum

Oliver McCallum

Boy

Rich Hopkins

Rich Hopkins

Trucker

Kaiwi Lyman

Kaiwi Lyman

Colleague

Burns Burns

Burns Burns

Owner

Nancy Good

Nancy Good

Grandmother

Danny Tesla

Danny Tesla

Paramedic

Creative team

Directed by: Yuval Adler
Written by: Luke Paradise
Produced by: Allan Ungar
Nicolas Cage

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