‘We Gotta Get Out of This Place is ‘Brothers Zeke and Simon Hawkins pay homage to pulp crime novelist Jim Thompson in their gritty debut feature…. lean, mean and highly watchable – a genre exercise that introduces a promising directing team’
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
‘Beautifully shot, well acted and suspenseful’ ****
THE LIST
‘A Smart Slice Of Small-Town Noir’
TWITCH
‘A stunning film — strong characters, breakout performances, witty dialogue, colourful local flavour, and outstanding cinematography driven by a small-town Texas heist plot. This film has the heart and soul of BLOOD SIMPLE’
AINT IT COOL NEWS
WE GOTTA GET OUT OF THIS PLACE is a neo crime noir directed by Simon Hawkins & Zeke Hawkins and stars Mackenzie Davis (BREATHE IN), William Devane (THE DARK KNIGHT RISES), Jon Gries (TAKEN, NAPOLEON DYNAMITE)
The crime drama is set in a dead-end Texan cotton town, three teenagers begin testing the line of the law in an attempt to escape their banal existence. However after a reckless robbery, their lives begin to spiral out of control as they get sucked deeper into the bloody underground of organised crime. With striking visuals and stand-out performances, the film is a stylish and brutal neo noir crime drama, cementing the prowess of this new directing duo.
Theatrical release date – 15th August 2014
Home Entertainment release date – 8th September 2014















