Jason Statham (The Mechanic, The Expendables) heads the cast of BLITZ as
the tough, uncompromising and un-PC detective "Brant", who is teamed
with unlikely partner "Sgt Porter Nash" played by Paddy Considine (The
Bourne Ultimatum) to investigate a series of police murders. BAFTA and
Tony Award-nominee Aidan Gillen (HBO's The Wire) and fellow
BAFTA-nominee David Morrissey (Captain Corelli's Mandolin, State of
Play, Nowhere Boy) join the cast as a cop-hating serial killer "Weiss"
(Gillen) and hack crime reporter "Dunlop" (Morrissey).
The strong supporting cast includes Tony Award winnerMark Rylance
(recently seen at the Royal Court in Jez Butterworths Jerusalem), Zawe
Ashton (St Trinian's II: The Legend of Fritton's Gold), Richard Riddell
(The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus), Luke Evans (Clash of the Titans)
and Nicky Henson (Vera Drake).
Written by Nathan Parker (Moon) and produced by Zygi Kamasa, Steve
Chasman (The Bank Job), Brad Wyman and Donald Kushner, BLITZ is the
second feature to be directed by Elliott Lester.
