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Man Down is a suspenseful thriller directed by Dito Montiel. The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival last year and screened at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. It stars Shia LaBeouf, Jai Courtney, Gary Oldman, Kate Mara, Tory Kittles, and Clifton Collins Jr..

When U.S. Marine Gabriel Drummer (LaBeouf) returns home from his tour in Afghanistan, he finds that the place he once called home is no better than the battlefields he fought on overseas. Accompanied by his best friend Devin Roberts (Courtney), a hard-nosed Marine whose natural instinct is to shoot first and ask questions later, he searches desperately for the whereabouts of his estranged son, Johnathan, and wife, Natalie (Mara). In their search, the two intercept Charles (Collins Jr.), a man carrying vital information about the whereabouts of Gabriel’s family. As we revisit the past, we are guided in unraveling the puzzle of Gabriel’s experience and what will eventually lead us to finding his family.

“MAN DOWN is my sixth film in eight years, and certainly the most challenging in many ways,” says Montiel. “And yet believe it or not, that’s one of the reasons I couldn’t love it more. You don’t jump into a complex, much- discussed topic like the psychological and physical horrors of war and expect it to be easy, but this one got under my skin as both a provocative scenario and an emotional journey. It’s earthy, real, and honest, and that’s how I like it.”