NYC Paramedic Movie ‘Asphalt Metropolis’ Trailer w/ Tye Sheridan & Sean Penn
by Alex Billington
February 21, 2024
Supply: YouTube
“I do know what you are considering… is it price it? It is the job…” Vertical has revealed the official trailer for an intense thriller set on the streets of New York Metropolis titled Asphalt Metropolis, made by French filmmaker Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire, of the movie A Prayer Earlier than Daybreak beforehand. This primary premiered on the 2023 Cannes Movie Pageant final yr beneath the title Black Flies, however obtained fairly dismal opinions from most critics. A younger paramedic is paired with a seasoned associate on the night time shift in NYC revealing a metropolis in disaster. Discovering the chaos firsthand, he’s examined with the moral ambiguity that may typically imply the distinction between life & demise. Sean Penn and Tye Sheridan co-star, together with Gbenga Akkinagbe, Raquel Nave, Kali Reis, with Michael C. Pitt, Katherine Waterston, and Mike Tyson (sure, critically) as their captain. It is an intense and horrifying take a look at simply how unsettling it’s to work as an EMT / paramedic in NYC, tons of stress and grotesque encounters. I want this was a greater movie, as a result of it is actually arduous to observe it or suggest it.
Here is the primary official trailer for Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire’s Asphalt Metropolis, direct from Vertical’s YouTube:
Asphalt Metropolis follows Ollie Cross (Tye Sheridan), a younger paramedic assigned to the NYC night time shift with an uncompromising and seasoned associate Gene Rutkovsky (Sean Penn). The darkish nights reveal a metropolis in disaster; Rutkovsky guides Cross, as every 911 name is commonly harmful and unsure, placing their lives on the road on daily basis to assist others. Cross quickly discovers firsthand the chaos and awe of a job that careens from harrowing to heartfelt, testing his relationship with Rutkovsky and moral ambiguity that’s the distinction between life & demise. Asphalt Metropolis, previously generally known as Black Flies, is directed by French filmmaker Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire, director of the movies Johnny Mad Canine, Punk, and A Prayer Earlier than Daybreak beforehand, plus different shorts. The screenplay is written by Ryan King and Ben Mac Brown. Based mostly on the novel “Black Flies” by Shannon Burke. It is produced by Warren Goz, Eric Gold, Christopher Kopp, Lucan Toh, Sean Penn, John Ira Palmer, John Wildermuth, Tye Sheridan, Tina Wang. This initially premiered on the 2023 Cannes Movie Pageant final yr. Vertical will debut Asphalt Metropolis in choose US theater beginning on March twenty ninth, 2024.
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