| Hammer | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Christian Sparkes |
| Written by | Christian Sparkes Joel Thomas Hynes |
| Produced by | Allison White Chris Agoston Jonathan Bronfman William Woods |
| Starring | Will Patton Mark O'Brien Ben Cotton |
| Cinematography | Mike McLaughlin |
| Edited by | Jorge Weisz |
| Music by | Jeffrey Morrow |
Production companies | Sara Fost Pictures The Screen Asylum JoBro Productions Woods Entertainment |
| Distributed by | A71 Entertainment Vertical Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Hammer is a Canadian crime thriller film, directed by Christian Sparkes and released in 2019.[1] The film stars Will Patton as Stephen Davis, a man in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, whose estranged son Chris (Mark O'Brien) double-crosses drug dealer Adams (Ben Cotton), forcing Stephen and Chris to reunite after Adams takes Stephen's younger son Jeremy (Connor Price) hostage.[2]
The cast also includes Vickie Papavs as Stephen's wife Karen, as well as Dayle McLeod, Curtis Caravaggio, Lara Jean Chorostecki, Jason Weinberg, Stephen Lush, Deidre Gillard-Rowlings and Trish Rainone in supporting roles.
The film premiered in the Canadian Vanguard program at the 2019 Whistler Film Festival,[3] before going into commercial release on video on demand platform in 2020.[1]