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RED WATER ENTERTAINMENT RELEASES ONE-TAKE THRILLER FAILURE! STARRING TED RAIMI
Red Water Entertainment has released the one-take thriller FAILURE! starring Ted Raimi (Spiderman, The Quarry) On Digital and On Demand January 28. Shot in a continuous 87-minute take, this Mexican-U.S. co-production follows business tycoon James (Raimi), a devoted family man facing a dire ultimatum: resolve a crushing bank debt within an hour or risk losing his business. With greedy associates, deceitful friends, and haunting ghosts from his past closing in, James is pushed to the brink, faced with the unthinkable choice between financial ruin or murder.
Written and directed by Alex Kahuam (Forgiveness), FAILURE! makes a historic achievement as the first time a Mexican director has created a feature film without cuts in the United States. Joining Raimi in the cast are Merrick McCartha (Senior Year), Melissa Diaz (Ruthless), John Paul Medrano (Seven Days), Daniel Kuhlman (Voodoo MacBeth), and Noel Douglas Orput.
The film screened at the 2023 inaugural Fantastic Pavilion Gala, the genre showcase of the Cannes Film Market. After that, it made its world debut at Frightfest in 2023 and was screened at Morbido Film Fest, Fantaspoa, and Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.
Alex Kahuam and Marco De Molina produced FAILURE! along with Kayli Fortun, Ted Raimi and Jose D. Rodriguez via Kahuam’s Promotora NAE and De Molina’s Spacebrain Entertainment.
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT:
Failure! is a story about a middle-aged man who is struggling due to a huge debt with the bank. Except it’s deeper than that — it’s an ex- ploration about one’s legacy and pride, and how that plays out being a father versus a business owner and ultimately committing a murder in order to protect his family. I’m intrigued by the human condition under desperation and how it controls us, more so having witnessed it in someone close to me.
It was my mission and commitment to shoot this story in one single take without any cuts as I wanted the audience to experience all the stages of how desperation unveils it’s layers and the aftermath that fol- lows. I have previously shot long-takes within feature and short films, except it took me the story of Failure! to truly take up the challenge of shooting a one long take film.
