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Ed Westwick plays a DarkGame in trailer for crime thriller

September 25, 2024 by Amie Cranswick

The Movie Partnership has shared a trailer, poster and images for director Howard J. Ford’s (Escape, The Ledge) upcoming crime thriller DarkGame ahead of its UK release this October.

Ed Westwick stars as a hardened police detective who finds himself in a race against time to save to the captives who are forced to compete in a twisted game for their lives on the dark web.

Ed Westwick (Gossip Girl) stars as hardened Portland police Detective Ben Jacobs. His special unit works on locating to save the victims trapped in a game show playing out for the dark web to gamble on.

While the game masters play with the lives of their victims, Ben and the team are forced to seek the advice from a criminal adversary from their past. As the victims are killed one by one and Ben becomes part of the twisted games, time rapidly runs out before they could put an end to this Russian Roulette without further casualties.

DarkGame arrives on digital in the UK on October 21st.

 

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: DarkGame, Ed Westwick, Howard J. Ford

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Amie Cranswick is Executive Editor of Flickering Myth, responsible for overseeing editorial coverage across film, television and pop culture.

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