dragged across concrete Archives

The Great Don Johnson

The great Don Johnson was born on December 15, 1949. He worked in television and film throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, but Johnson hit the jackpot in 1984 when he was cast in the role of Sonny Crockett in in the era defining cop show, Miami [...]

December 15, 2021

Behind The Scenes: Don Jonson, S. Craig Zahler & Mel Gibson On The Set Of DRAGGED ACROSS CONCRETE

Writer/director S. Craig Zahler‘s 2018 film, Dragged Across Concrete plays-out like a cinematic novel. It’s a film with little digressions which expand on supporting characters, unveiling who they are so that we get to know them and [...]

July 5, 2021

The Mighty Don Johnson

The mighty Don Johnson needs no introduction to readers of Movies In Focus. The Miami Vice/Nash Bridges legend delivers each time he’s on screen and in recent years he has done sterling work in Brawl In Cell Block 99, Vengeance, Dragged Across [...]

June 7, 2020

Sandwich Time: Vince Vaughn In DRAGGED ACROSS CONCRETE

S. Craig Zahler’s Dragged Across Concrete is a deeply nihilistic tale which adds grit and gravel to the buddy-cop picture. Beautifully crafted and brutal, Dragged Across Concrete is a weighty crime drama with sterling performances from Mel [...]

April 26, 2020

Interview: Producer Dallas Sonnier Talks Pushing Boundaries & Making Great Movies Away From Hollywood

Dallas Sonnier is one of the bravest and most exciting film producers working today. Through his company Cinestate, Sonnier he has delivered a roster of punchy movies including the Kurt Russell western Bone Tomahawk, Vince Vaughn crime-thriler Brawl [...]

July 17, 2019

Hey UK! Get Ready For S. Craig Zahler’s DRAGGED ACROSS CONCRETE

Movies In Focus has been flying the flag for S. Craig Zahler’s ‘beautifully bleak’ Dragged Across Concrete since I caught it late last year. Zahler’s film is a wonderfully textured piece of filmmaking, packed with detail and [...]

March 28, 2019

Interview: S. Craig Zahler Discusses DRAGGED ACROSS CONCRETE

S. Craig Zahler is one of the most exciting writer-directors working today. His first two films, Bone Tomahawk and Brawl In Cell Block 99 were gutsy genre movies which also managed to deliver great emotion and detail amongst the action. Zahler is [...]

March 20, 2019

Trailer & Poster For Brilliant Mel Gibson & Vince Vaughn Thriller DRAGGED ACROSS CONCRETE

Last year Movies In Focus had the opportunity to view S. Craig Zahler’s beautifully bleak Dragged Across Concrete. The thriller stars Mel Gibson and Vince Vaughn as a pair of cops who are suspended after roughing up a suspect. In order to make [...]

February 21, 2019

Review: Mel Gibson & Vince Vaughn Star In S. Craig Zahler’s Beautifully Bleak DRAGGED ACROSS CONCRETE

S. Craig Zahler is a singular voice in cinema, one who is willing to take pulp concepts and craft them into unflinchingly violent features. Bone Tomahawk and Brawl In Cell Block 99 have shown him to be a writer-director who knows how to use genre [...]

October 21, 2018

New Poster For S. Craig Zahler’s Gritty Mel Gibson/Vince Vaughn Thriller DRAGGED ACROSS CONCRETE

Hard-edge director S. Craig Zahler‘s Dragged Across Concrete is totally Movies In Focus‘ jam. Its a gritty cop thriller starring Mel Gibson, Vince Vaughn and the mighty Don Johnson. The film just played the London Film Festival and it [...]

October 17, 2018

Mel Gibson Career Update: DRAGGED ACROSS CONCRETE & DADDY’S HOME 2

The Mel Gibson comeback is now an official thing. Hacksaw Ridge has nabbed 6 Oscar nominations and Gibson recently signed with a new agency (CAA). He has also lined-up two new acting projects. Dragged Across Concrete will see Gibson share the screen [...]

February 4, 2017