Raze (film)
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Josh C. Waller
Robert Beaucage
Kenny Gage
Andrew Pagana
Rachel Nichols
Zoë Bell
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| Directed by | Josh C. Waller |
| Written by | Robert Beaucage |
| Story by | Kenny Gage Josh C. Waller Robert Beaucage |
| Produced by | Josh C. Waller Kenny Gage Andrew Pagana Rachel Nichols Zoë Bell |
| Starring | Zoë Bell Rachel Nichols Tracie Thoms Sherilyn Fenn Doug Jones Bruce Thomas Rebecca Marshall Adrienne Wilkinson Allene Quincy Bailey Anne Borders Jordan James Smith |
| Cinematography | Dylan O'Brien |
| Edited by | Brett W. Bachman |
| Music by | Frank Riggio |
Production companies | Cinipix Quincy Pictures |
| Distributed by | IFC Midnight Cosmic Toast Studios |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Raze is a 2013 action horror film that was directed by Josh C. Waller.[1] The film premiered on April 21, 2013 at the Tribeca Film Festival and stars Zoë Bell and Rachel Nichols. The story focuses on women forced to fight to death for the twisted entertainment of the wealthy elite.[2]
Sabrina (Zoë Bell), along with 49 other women, is kidnapped by the diabolical husband and wife team of Elizabeth (Sherilyn Fenn) and Joseph (Doug Jones), and kept in a prison where they are all barefoot in matching white tank tops and gray sweatpants. The women are told that they will fight to the death for the entertainment of a group of bored rich people. If they lose or refuse to fight, a sniper will kill their loved ones.
Cast
- Zoë Bell as Sabrina
- Rachel Nichols as Jamie
- Tracie Thoms as Teresa
- Bruce Thomas as Kurtz
- Bailey Anne Borders as Cody
- Rebecca Marshall as Phoebe
- Allene Quincy as Brenda
- Adrienne Wilkinson as Nancy
- Doug Jones as Joseph
- Sherilyn Fenn as Elizabeth
- Amy Johnston as Gloria
- Tara Macken as Dee
- Nicole Steinwedell as Isabelle
- Kelly Thiebaud as Vanessa
- Jordan James Smith as Adam
- Rosario Dawson as Rachel
Production
While creating Raze, Waller tried to treat the film "as seriously as if it were men that were abducted and forced to fight each other."[3] For him this meant avoiding stereotypes typically seen within the "largely exploitative subgenre of women-in-prison" such as nudity, as he felt that viewers would not see this in an all-male exploitation film.[3] Waller also tried to avoid gratuitous gore.[4] Raze was shot with a very tight schedule and the crew had only thirty days to film nineteen action sequences.[4] Partway through filming, Rosario Dawson was brought onto the set for a cameo as she had previously worked together with Bell and Thoms on the 2007 film Death Proof.[3] Bell was not made aware of Dawson's casting or arrival, as Waller wanted her appearance to come as a surprise.[3]