Alan Ritchson’s Motor City premiered at the Venice Film Festival and spent the summer in theaters, and the 1970s Detroit revenge thriller is now finding a second audience at home. The Reacher star leads a cast that includes Shailene Woodley, Ben Foster and Pablo Schreiber, and the film is notable for how little anyone says. Ritchson has called it “essentially, like, a non-verbal film,” and Foster told Collider in 2024 that it had about five lines of dialogue.
Where can you watch the ‘Motor City’ movie?
Motor City premiered on AMC+ Nov. 6. It’s also available to rent or buy on Amazon Video, the Apple TV Store and Fandango At Home. AMC+ can be added through Amazon and Apple TV channels.
What is the ‘Motor City’ movie about?
Per the AMC+ listing, “Set in 1970s Detroit, a man who was jailed for a crime he didn’t commit wants vengeance on the gangster who ruined his life and took his girlfriend.” As BLK Cinema previously reported, Ritchson plays John Miller. The film runs 103 minutes and is rated R.
What did Alan Ritchson say about ‘Motor City’?
Ritchson told the Tennessean that the film is “essentially, like, a non-verbal film.” He called it “this revenge-fueled action movie, so it really combines the best of what we can do,” and said it is “this amazing intersection between art and the highest form of storytelling for cinema.”
He also spoke about the character. “There’s something cathartic about seeing Miller come to life,” he said. On the film’s timing, he said, “I feel this film is happening at a time where there is a lot of injustice in the world.” Of his own career, he said, “My deepest desire as a creative is to be a trusted source for high-quality, original entertainment.”
What did Ben Foster say about ‘Motor City’?
Foster spoke with Collider’s Perri Nemiroff at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2024, shortly after production wrapped. “The film itself, Motor City — we just wrapped — is virtually a silent film,” he said. “There are five lines of dialogue. Jack White is helping with the music, so it’s like a rock disco revenge film. It’s like a graphic novel, so it’ll be interesting to see how that shakes out.”
On Ritchson, he joked, “He’s very tall and very muscular and he’s very handsome.” Foster added, “He’s terrific as a mover,” and said, “I think he wants to do some deeper work or rather different kinds of work than he’s been doing, and that’s a joy.”
What did the filmmakers say about ‘Motor City’?
Director Potsy Ponciroli said in a statement, “We shot Motor City to be immersive, every frame, every sound, designed for a theater. It’s a love letter to Detroit, to 70s cinema, and to the kind of filmmaking you can feel,” per Deadline.
Jon Berg, president of production at Stampede Ventures, described the film to Collider as “somewhere between an opera, a music video, and an action movie.” He said, “Potsy has a killer vision for the film: dynamic camera, brilliant music, muscle cars.”
Who stars in the ‘Motor City’ movie?
Ritchson leads a cast that includes Woodley, Foster, Schreiber, Ben McKenzie, Lionel Boyce and Amar Chadha-Patel. Ponciroli directed from a screenplay by Chad St. John.
Featured image photo credit: Photo: Independent Film Company
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