Deadlock (2021 film)

Deadlock is a 2021 American action thriller film directed by Jared Cohn, starring Patrick Muldoon and Bruce Willis. It was released in the United States on December 3, 2021, by Saban Films.

Wanted criminal Ron Whitlock leads a team of mercenaries on a mission of vengeance. Convinced that the local detectives are responsible for the death of one of his sons and the wrongful imprisonment of the other one for a botched drug bust, the merciless group brutally seizes a hydroelectric dam and holds everyone inside hostage. With a nearby town on the brink of massive flooding and destruction, it's up to a retired Army Ranger Mack Karr to save thousands of innocent lives before it's too late.

NSA are alerted and launch a full-scale military operation.

• Patrick Muldoon as Mack Karr
• Bruce Willis as Ron Whitlock
• Matthew Marsden as Boone
• Michael DeVorzon as Smith
• Stephen Sepher as Gator
• Ava Paloma as Sophia
• Christopher Cleveland as Detective Lincoln Fulbright
• Kelcey Rose Weimer as Paula Fulbright
• Douglas Matthews as Tommy Blaylock
• Kelly Reiter as Amy Rakestraw
• Johnny Messner as Cranbrook
• Billy Jack Harlow as Decker
• Shep Dunn as Henchman Slim

Filming wrapped in Georgia in February 2021.

Saban Films acquired North American and UK rights to the film in June 2020.

As of November 11, 2022, Deadlock grossed $12,473 in Portugal and South Korea.

Bruce Willis was nominated for his performance in this movie, as he was for all movies he appeared in, in 2021, in the category Worst Performance by Bruce Willis in a 2021 Movie at the Golden Raspberry Awards. The category was later rescinded after he announced his retirement due to aphasia.

• Deadlock at IMDb
• Deadlock at Rotten Tomatoes