One night a year, all crime is legal.
Given the country's overcrowded prisons, the U.S. government begins to allow 12-hour periods of time in which all illegal activity is legal. During one of these free-for-alls, a family must protect themselves from a home invasion.
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Contemporary, grave, classical in form and unpretentious.
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- intimateepic
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Cast
- Ethan HawkeJames Sandin
- Lena HeadeyMary Sandin
- Max BurkholderCharlie Sandin
- Adelaide KaneZoey Sandin
- Edwin HodgeBloody Stranger
- Rhys WakefieldPolite Leader
- Tony OllerHenry
- Arija BareikisMrs. Grace Ferrin
- Tom YiMr. Cali
- Chris MulkeyMr. Halverson
Crew
- James DeMonacoDirector
- James DeMonacoWriter
- Jacques JouffretDirector of Photography
- Nathan WhiteheadOriginal Music Composer
- Peter GvozdasEditor
- Michael BayProducer
- Sébastien K. LemercierProducer
- Brad FullerProducer
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