ShowBizzBuzz: Healthcare Fundraising Turns Deadly in ‘Smile As You Kill’
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Filmmaker Michael Sarrow crafts a nuanced psychological crime thriller involving a desperate hostage-for-healthcare situation in Smile As You Kill.
What is the premise of Smile As You Kill?
The storyline is described as: With only a few months to live, Rico Allende breaks into the condo of hotshot advertising director Terry Tanner. Holding him at gunpoint, Rico drops an ultimatum: create an online campaign to raise the funds needed for his life-saving treatment — or share his fate. With the clock ticking and their lives on the line, will this desperate hostage-for-healthcare mission succeed and save them both?
Who stars in Smile As You Kill?
A film relies on its cast to bring it to life and these two actors deliver the goods. Rico is portrayed by Cuban-American actor Rey Goyos, recognized for his roles on Shrinking and Female Fight Squad. Starring as the slick ad exec, Terry, is international actor Michael The, who can be seen in the recently released Citadel: Honey Bunny as well as Angels Fallen: Warrior for Peace.
What else do we know about Smile As You Kill?
The film earned six ‘Best Feature’ awards and an ‘Audience Award’ when it first released on the festival circuit. It screened at numerous festivals across the country including San Pedro Int’l FF, Workers Unite FF in New York City, and Erie Int’l FF.
What does filmmaker Michael Sarrow say about his film?
“It has become routine that people are forced to beg for their lives from total strangers online. This desperation and the ironic competition to stand out among millions of others provides the suspenseful and sometimes darkly-comic tension between these characters. The national reaction to recent headlines proves this tension has been boiling under our society for quite some time.”
How can you watch Smile As You Kill?
It’s available now on DVD and streaming TVOD on major platforms such as Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play, Microsoft XBOX, and Fandango at Home.
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