Hammer (2019 film)
Hammer is a Canadian crime thriller film, directed by Christian Sparkes and released in 2019. 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.
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| 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 |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
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, before going into commercial release on video on demand platform in 2020.