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The most persistent people who are adamant in their determined pursuit to save their loved ones are often the ones who carelessly put their own lives in danger, without any regard for the consequences. That’s definitely the case with the strong-willed protagonist, Michael, in the newly released action film, ‘Crossing Point,’ which follows the lead character as he purposefully risks himself in order to protect his girlfriend. The adventure film, which was directed and produced by Daniel Zirilli, is now available on VOD, including Amazon, and iTunes, from distributor XLrator Media. ‘Crossing Point,’ which was written by Paul Dominic and actor Shawn Lock, follows the latter’s character, Michael, and Olivia [ Read More ]

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Movies about vacations gone wrong tend to favour plots of travelers clashing with the natives and having to find their way out of whatever mess they dug themselves into but the movies don't often include drug dealers, gang wars and a life-or-death mission.

Crossing Point stars Shawn Lock and María Gabriela de Faría as Michael and Olivia, a couple on vacation in Baja when their idyllic trip is turned upside down when Olivia is taken by a drug dealer. The dealer gives Michael an ultimatum: deliver a backpack full of cocaine into the Us in the next 12 hours or Olivia dies. And as if that's not bad enough, the cocaine in question was stolen from a rival cartel who are on the hunt to get back their product.

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XLrator Media is releasing Daniel Zirilli's action flick Crossing Point on VOD on May 3rd. We have your first look at the key art for the pic.Michael and Olivia are a young American couple vacationing in Baja. Their romantic idyll takes a harrowing turn when Olivia is kidnapped by a drug dealer, who demands that Michael smuggle a backpack full of cocaine -- stolen from a rival cartel -- over the border into the U.S. within 12 hours or else Olivia will be killed. As Michael navigates the treacherous Mexican underworld, he becomes a force to be reckoned with.  Crossing Point stars Shawn Lock, Jacob Vargas, Rudy Youngblood with Paulina Gaitan and Tom Sizemore and Luke Goss...

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XLrator Media has announced today that it has acquired U.S. rights to the film Crossing Point, and will release the film in 2016 through its Turbo action label. The action-thriller stars Jacob Vargas (Traffic, The 33), Rudy Youngblood (Apocalypto), Luke Goss (the Death Race series, Blade II), Tom Sizemore (Saving Private Ryan), Paulina Gaitan (Sin Nombre, Netflix's Narcos), María Gabriela de Faría (Nickelodeon's Isa Tkm) and newcomer Shawn Lock. It’s directed by Daniel…...

The Us distributor licensed rights from Bleiberg Entertainment’s Compound B and will release via its Turbo label next year.

Compound B will introduce the project to buyers at the market next week in Santa Monica.

Crossing Point follows a pair of holidaymakers in Mexico who fall foul of a local drug lord as a police officer investigating a missing drugs case closes in.

Jacob Vargas, Rudy Youngblood, Luke Goss, Tom Sizemore, Paulina Gaitan and María Gabriela de Faría star alongside newcomer Shawn Lock.

Daniel Zirilli directed from a script by Lock and Paul Dominic and also produced with Lock. Pieter Myny serve as executive producer.