‘Captain America’ star Anthonie Mackie is set to unite with Marvel co-star in the new action thriller ‘Barracuda.’ ‘Deadpool’ star Dafne Keen will be starring alongside Mackie in the upcoming Neil Burger film.Barracuda will feature Mackie as a man with a sordid past, Keen will play the character of a kidnapped victim. The cast also includes Steven Bauer and Anthony Del Negro.
Neil Burger has been wanting to work with Anthonie Mackie
According to Deadline, praising the film’s script by Adam Mason and Simon Boyes, Burger said, “I’ve been looking to make a non-stop action thriller and I’ve finally found it with this great screenplay. This one never lets up. It’s out-of-control, relentless mayhem in a real-time sprint to the border.The director also noted that he’s also been “wanting to work” with Anthony Mackie for some time, and says he knows “we’ll make a great team.”
Anthonie Mackie plays a former smuggler
Barracuda’s familiar Lone-Wolf-and-Cub dynamic is teased in its synopsis, which reads, “When Karl (Mackie), a former smuggler with a haunted past, storms a nightclub in Mexico to rescue Jodie (Keen), a kidnapped teenage girl, he ignites a chain reaction of blood and bullets that burns across 100 miles of deadly roads toward the U.S. border.”It continues, “The breakout turns into a high-speed race when Karl kills the brother of the ruthless club owner and steals his prized 1973 Plymouth Barracuda. Now hunted by relentless criminals, Karl and Jodie tear across the desert with no way to slow down.”
More about Anthony Mackie and Dafne Keen’s recent projects
Mackie is working on ‘Barracuda’ even as post-production continues on his next MCU project, the highly-anticipated ‘Avengers: Doomsday.’ He’s also lined up a role in David Mamet’s drama ‘Speed-the-plow.’Dafne Keen, who made her screen debut as the Cub to Hugh Jackman’s Lone Wolf in the 2017 blockbuster ‘Logan,’ is also set to star in the sex comedy ‘The Marshmallow Experiment’ and the horror film ‘Night Comes.’