Showdown at the Grand

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Showdown at the Grand

Released Nov 10, 2023

1h 32m

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A proud movie theater owner, George Fuller (Terrence Howard), must defend his family business from corporate developers alongside a legendary action star, Claude Luc Hallyday (Dolph Lundgren) as art imitates life in a showdown for the ages.

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Anton Bitel

Little White Lies

Writer/director Orson Oblowitz has lovingly crafted a feature presentation as meta-cinematic as it is nostalgic, conjuring a dying breed of scuzzy old-school cinephilia in an age of digital uniformity.

Nov 17, 2023

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Dennis Harvey

Variety

“Showdown”... provides a good time. That fun will be heightened by whatever knowledge of 1970s and ’80s cult genre films you bring in with you.

Nov 7, 2023

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Cath Clarke

Guardian

[A] misty-eyed, sentimental, sometimes silly love letter to cinema.

Rated: 3/5

Nov 6, 2023

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Jonathan W. Hickman

The Newnan Times-Herald

Writer/director Orson Oblowitz relies on Dolph Lundgren’s B-movie prowess combined with a devoted Terrence Howard performance to deliver a genuinely entertaining and stylish actioner.

Rated: 7/10

Nov 9, 2023

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Rick Bentley

KGET-TV (Bakersfield, CA)

Oblowitz has created an interesting story about being passionate to the point of obsession... This works because of the casting of Howard who makes Fuller an extremely textured character.

Rated: B

Nov 9, 2023

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Brian Orndorf

Blu-ray.com

It’s a loose viewing experience, but Oblowitz has his moments, presenting a bruised valentine to the escape movie theaters provide.

Rated: B-

Nov 8, 2023

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Monsieur F

Love letter to old school cinema and grindhouse against a capitalistic organisation and its henchmen. Unfortunately even the short running time of app. 90 min doesn‘t prevent this movie from boredom and at no point the director succeeds in creating tension or suspense. The movie is ok, the actors have fun, the director celebrates its idols, but for me this love letter doesn’t work that well like “Cinema Paradiso“ or “Last Action Hero“. Nonetheless, of you like some nostalgia about the old cinemas and some 70s and 80s references, then give this one a try.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/06/25

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Sean O

Dolph steals this movie with an under played charm that borders on genius. Terrence Howard is at his best as the proprietor of a run down, once grand theater that hosts the aging action star for a film retrospective of his bloodiest best. Lots of good bits and mindless mayhem where the duo battles corporate baddies bent on turning Howard's beloved movie palace into shopping mall parking. Great fun!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/01/24

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Jarrod R

What is a masterpiece? When a kid makes one of those handprint turkey creations in first grade where the eye is not quite in the right place and the feathers are all wrong but you stick it up on the fridge anyway with the Punta Cana magnet you got on your girls trip, that's still a masterpiece. If a piece of art stirs something up from the depths of your very essence, maybe, just maybe, that could and should be considered a masterpiece.  Such is the way with Showdown at the Grand.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/01/24

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Jimmy T

I love the story and the acting. Pace was slow and the camera angles do hurt the story. Otherwise I would of given it a higher rating.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/18/24

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few m

could've been epic, but was rather subdued

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/05/24

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A.L.Jude P

A masterpiece that hasn't been seen in a while.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/18/23

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A proud movie theater owner, George Fuller (Terrence Howard), must defend his family business from corporate developers alongside a legendary action star, Claude Luc Hallyday (Dolph Lundgren) as art imitates life in a showdown for the ages.

Director: Orson Oblowitz
Producer: Christian de Gallegos, Mira Pak Howard
Screenwriter: Orson Oblowitz
Distributor: SHOUT! STUDIOS
Production Co: Christian de Gallegos Films, Benaroya Pictures, BondIt Media Capital, Buffalo 8 Productions
Genre: Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 10, 2023, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 10, 2023
Runtime: 1h 32m

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