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Watch: The Adrenaline Pumping Teaser for New Indie Action Short “The Cure”
If you got your action rocks off to the badass trailer of last year’s “Mission Impossible: Fallout,” you have seasoned trailer editor Ahmet Atalay to thank for it. Perhaps tired of editing other people’s action, Atalay took it upon himself to direct, co-write, and co-produce his own balls-to-the-wall short film that should satisfy even the most cynical fans of the genre. Shot on a meager budget of 15K and a skeleton crew of just three people, “The Cure” looks and sounds far above its means, giving big-budget fare a run for their money. The film recently had its North American premiere on July 26th at Los Angeles’ Raleigh Studios, and is now making a run for film festivals. You can read the synopsis and watch the teaser below.
“In the near future, a mysterious virus has wiped out a large portion of the world’s population. Upon contamination, it kills the host within a day. There is no permanent cure, only a temporary serum that resets every 24 hours. Special forces mercenary Noah’s young daughter is one of the infected. When a permanent cure is stolen from a top-secret lab by a mysterious terrorist organization, Noah is recruited to retrieve it and ultimately save his daughter’s life. What starts as an already dangerous mission turns into a deathtrap when the terrorists’ bring fifteen armored vehicles filled with a hundred trained killers armed to the teeth with assault rifles, grenades, and even a rocket launcher. On top of this, the covert government organization that hired Noah might also have ulterior motives for the cure. Now Noah has to race against time to protect the one thing that can save his daughter’s life as the chase turns into a symphony of ultraviolent action; filled with vehicular carnage, adrenaline-fueled gunfights, brutal hand-to-hand combat, and lots, and lots of explosions.”
- Oktay Ege Kozak
