Aussie crime flick The Mule will be available on VOD and iTunes, and in select theaters, on November 21. It is the directorial debut from Tony Mahony and Angus Sampson. Sampson (the Insidious films and 100 Bloody Acres) also wrote the script with co-star Leigh Whannell and stars as Ray Jenkins, the titular character in the film.
We have an exclusive clip to share with you. Jenkins is being led to a hotel room by the authorities (Hugo Weaving and Ewen Leslie) and the voice-over explains his rights to him. All everyone has to do now is wait for Jenkins to visit the little boy's room.
It's 1983. A naive man with lethal narcotics hidden in his stomach is detained by Australian Federal Police. Alone and afraid, 'the Mule' makes a desperate choice; to defy his bodily functions and withhold the evidence...literally. And by doing so becomes a "human time-bomb," dragging cops, criminals, lawyers and his mother into his impossible escapade. Inspired by true events.
The aforementioned Hugo Weaving (the Matrix and Lord of the Rings films), Leigh Whannell (the Saw and Insidious films) and John Noble (Fringe) also star.