Hellfire (2026 film)
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| Directed by | Isaac Florentine |
| Written by | Richard Lowry |
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| Cinematography | Ross W. Clarkson |
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| Music by | Stephen Edwards |
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| Distributed by | Saban Films |
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Running time | 95 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Hellfire is a 2026 American action-thriller film directed by Isaac Florentine and written by Richard Lowry. It stars Stephen Lang, Dolph Lundgren, Harvey Keitel, Scottie Thompson, Johnny Yong Bosch, Michael Sirow, Chris Mullinax, Maurice Compte, Levon Panek, Jason Scott Morgan, Carl Bailey, and Natalie Canerday. The film is set in 1988.
Plot
Owen is a small time bar owner with the help of his daughter Lena in a small Texan town during 1988. A biker gang led by Clyde arrives and attemps to seduce Lena but Owen intervenes. Clyde pushes Owen and warns him not to intervene before Clyde and his gang leave.
Meanwhile a drifter arrives at the town and offers Owen help to clean the bar. Sheriff Wiley then arrives and it is revealed that the town is under control of crime boss Jeremiah Whitfield, and use the people as employees who he forces to work for him. Owen names the drifter Nomada. Clyde is revealed to be Jeremiah's son.
Nomada then rents a hotel room and during a bath, has flashbacks of a battle he faced as an ex Green Beret. He returns to the bar while the Sheriff returns and attemps to arrest him but Nomada tricks Sherrif Wiley by pretending to call his old friend.
Nomada and Lena then attempt to spy on Jeremiah's mansion but are ambushed by two of his men who takes the fight to a warehouse. Nomada keeps Lena safe while he shoots the two men dead.
They return to the salon before Clyde and Zeke(Jeremiah's right hand man) take the whole town hostage. Clyde knocks out Nomada and kidnaps Lena while Zeke kills eveyone else including Owen. Nomada than wakes up and kills two men before traveling to a warehouse to save Lena.
However he is intercepted by Wiley who arrests him but he escapes, and Zeke kills Wiley after an argument. Nomada kills Zeke's men before breaking Zeke's neck after a fight, killing him. Clyde arrives at the warehouse with Lena and attempts to run Nomada over but Nomada shoots and kills him and saves Lena.
Nomada and Lena then travel to Jeremiah's house, Nomada shoots Jeremiah in the leg, pours brandy on him and sets him on fire, finally killing him and putting an end to his operation.
Nomada and Lena have a funeral for Owen before the two go separate ways. Lena finally moves town while Nomada, having eliminated the drug operation, walks away to another town.
Cast
- Stephen Lang as "Jack Hollister/The Drifter/Nomada"
- Dolph Lundgren as Sheriff Wiley, a corrupt sherrif working for Jeremiah.
- Harvey Keitel as Jeremiah Whitfield,a drug boss
- Scottie Thompson as Lena, Owen's daughter
- Johnny Yong Bosch as Zeke, Jeremiah's right hand man
- Michael Sirow as Clyde,Jeremiah's son
- Chris Mullinax as Owen, a disabled bar owner.
- Carl Bailey as Randal
- Maurice Compte as Salvadore
- Levon Panek as Cletus
- Natalie Canerday as Vivian
Production
In September 2022, it was announced that an action-thriller film directed by Isaac Florentine and written by Richard Lowry had completed principal photography in Arkansas. Stephen Lang, Dolph Lundgren, Harvey Keitel, Scottie Thompson, Johnny Yong Bosch, Michael Sirow, Chris Mullinax, Maurice Compte, Levon Panek, Jason Scott Morgan, Carl Bailey, and Natalie Canerday rounded out the cast.[2]
Release
In February 2023, Saban Films acquired worldwide distribution rights to the film.[3] The film was first released in the Middle East on February 5, 2026,[4] and in the United States on February 17.[5]
References
- ^ "Hellfire (15)". British Board of Film Classification. January 12, 2026. Retrieved January 12, 2026.
- ^ Complex, Valerie (September 26, 2022). "Isaac Florentine Action Film 'Hellfire' Starring Stephen Lang, Harvey Keitel, And Dolph Lundgren Wraps Production". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
- ^ Lodderhouse, Diana (February 17, 2023). "Saban Films Takes Worldwide Rights To Stephen Lang & Harvey Keitel Action-Thriller 'Hellfire' — EFM". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
- ^ "Hellfire". Front Row Filmed Entertainment. Retrieved February 1, 2026.
- ^ Billington, Alex (January 8, 2026). "Small Town Action Thriller 'Hellfire' Trailer with Lundgren, Keitel, Lang". First Showing. Retrieved January 8, 2026.