CRISIS (Gary Oldman, Evangeline Lily)

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Crisis is an upcoming dramatic thriller film written, produced and directed by Nicholas Jarecki. The film tells three interweaving stories set during the ongoing opioid epidemic. It stars Gary Oldman, Armie Hammer, Evangeline Lilly, Greg Kinnear, Michelle Rodriguez, Luke Evans, Lily-Rose Depp, Veronica Ferres, Mia Kirshner, and Martin Donovan.

Filming took place in early 2019 in Montreal and Detroit. It is scheduled to be released on February 26, 2021, by Universal Pictures, Warner Brothers, and Quiver Distribution.

A drug trafficker arranges a multi-cartel Fentanyl smuggling operation. An architect recovering from an oxycodone addiction tracks down the truth behind her son’s disappearance. A university professor battles unexpected revelations about his employer, a pharmaceutical company bringing a new “non-addictive” painkiller to market. Set against the backdrop of the opioid epidemic, their stories collide in this dramatic thriller from writer/director Nicholas Jarecki (Arbitrage).

What is the U.S. Opioid Epidemic?FIND TREATMENT

• In the late 1990s, pharmaceutical companies reassured the medical community that patients would not become addicted to opioid pain relievers and healthcare providers began to prescribe them at greater rates.
• Increased prescription of opioid medications led to widespread misuse of both prescription and non-prescription opioids before it became clear that these medications could indeed be highly addictive.