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“Joe King (Rick Kain) is a mob henchman who has just made the worst of many mistakes in his life. While on assignment to end the life of a failed political hopeful, Joe kills the politicians’ wife, Miranda, who happens to be a key component to why he lives a life of crime in obedient silence. Encompassed with regret and rage, Joe King sets out to find retribution, killing to survive and ending the lives of those he feel is responsible for the traumatic events he and Miranda have endured.
Tony “Cubby” Wagner (Robert Leembruggen) is a mid level crime boss. Disenchanted with the criminal lifestyle, Cubby wrestles with his sordid past and bleak future. While trying to piece together Joe King’s actions and their reasons, Cubby faces Ivory (Alexander Yi), a young and hungry Korean rival boss, Sandra (Jane E. Petkofsky), Cubby’s mob raised wife and the management of his bereft and ticking time bomb crew, including the sociopath Barry Bright (Everett Rodd) and the hot-headed Billy Moss (Paul Sieber). While Cubby’s small empire is on the brink of crumbling, his biggest obstacle is deciding to care.
In the next 72 hours, Joe King and Tony “Cubby” Wagner will be on an introspective, melancholic and violent collision course to come full circle with dire choices made over two decades ago. Many will die and powers will shift as all try to survive The Henchman’s War.” Production Notes – Skyrocket
The Henchman’s War opens at The West End Cinema on Friday, September 20th. Stay tuned for Hollywood on the Potomac‘s one on one interview with writer/director/producer Anthony Greene, a Washington native.
The Trailer:
