Freerunner is a 2011 film by Lawrence Silverstein starring Sean Faris

Sean Faris

Sean Hardy Faris is an American model and actor. He is well known for his roles as Jake Tyler in Never Back Down, Kyo Kusanagi in The King of Fighters, and Rick Penning in Forever Strong.-Life and career:...

 (Never Back Down

Never Back Down

Never Back Down is a 2008 action film starring Sean Faris, Amber Heard, Cam Gigandet, and Djimon Hounsou. It was theatrically released on March 14, 2008. The film's respective tagline is "Win or lose.....

), Danny Dyer

Danny Dyer

Danny Dyer is an English actor, media personality, and chairman of Greenwich Borough, a non-League football team.-Biography:Daniel John Dyer was born in Custom House, an area of East London, to Antony and Christine Dyer...

 and Tamer Hassan

Tamer Hassan

Tamer Hassan is a British actor of Turkish Cypriot descent.-Early life:Hassan was born in London, England into a Turkish Cypriot family. Having sustained an injury in boxing, Hassan started to run nightclubs and restaurants and is now the owner, chairman and player/coach of Greenwich Borough and...

 in lead roles.

Plot

Freerunner is a based on a conceptual where chosen freerunners have to race against time scanning their collar belt on every check point within a given time limit. Their collar is fitted with a bomb which will blow off if they get out of green zone (area allowed to race), or it can be detonated manually too by the owner. At every checkpoint the last one to arrive gets eliminated. Winner of the race gets a prize of million dollars.

The runners are chosen according to their performance in the local races. Ryan, Kid Elvis, Mitch, Decks, Turk, West, Freebo and Finch are the eight such runners chosen against their will to participate. Bets are placed on their heads as race begins. Their race activity is monitored by the camera's present all over the city and also their collar cam. Their objective is to make till the city bridge within sixty minutes or they all are dead.

Cast

• Sean Faris
  Sean Faris
  Sean Hardy Faris is an American model and actor. He is well known for his roles as Jake Tyler in Never Back Down, Kyo Kusanagi in The King of Fighters, and Rick Penning in Forever Strong.-Life and career:...
  
   as Ryan
• Danny Dyer
  Danny Dyer
  Danny Dyer is an English actor, media personality, and chairman of Greenwich Borough, a non-League football team.-Biography:Daniel John Dyer was born in Custom House, an area of East London, to Antony and Christine Dyer...
  
   as Mr. Frank
• Tamer Hassan
  Tamer Hassan
  Tamer Hassan is a British actor of Turkish Cypriot descent.-Early life:Hassan was born in London, England into a Turkish Cypriot family. Having sustained an injury in boxing, Hassan started to run nightclubs and restaurants and is now the owner, chairman and player/coach of Greenwich Borough and...
  
   as Reese
• Amanda Fuller as Dalores
• Seymour Cassel
  Seymour Cassel
  Seymour Joseph Cassel is an American actor.He first came to prominence in the 1960s in the pioneering independent films of writer/directorJohn Cassavetes...
  
   as Grampa
• Mariah Bonner as Deedee
• Casey Durkin as Stacey

Reception

Moviemavericks gave the film a 3 star rating out of 5 saying, "it[Frerunner] hits all the expected marks for a movie like this, doesn’t disappoint and the freerunning is neat to watch. Check it out if you like low budget actioners" comparing it with French made District B13

District B13

District 13 is a 2004 French action film directed by Pierre Morel and written and produced by Luc Besson. It has also been released as District B13 and Barrio 13 It has also been known as B13 on French posters used to advertise the film.The film is notable for its depiction of parkour in a number...

. Haley Harris of The Film Judge gave the movie a 2.5 star rating calling it entertaining but over at the same time. He praised some of its cool stunts but panned the script and acting calling it cheesy.

Release

Frerunners was released in Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

on 15 September 2011 at Oldenburg International Film Festival. The film became available on DVD and Blu-ray in October 18, 2011.

DVD

DVD extra includes behind-the-scenes footage, a making-of featurette, a look at the stunts and fights, and some on-set B-roll featuring the actors playing a game called ninja and engaging in random Parkour.

Soundtrack

1. Let Us In! (Come On) – The Lions Rampant
2. Panther 1 – Slowride
3. At The Edgewater – Johnny Douglas
4. Caught Up In The Chase – Billy Livesay
5. Are You Ready For This – Kritical
6. Aloha vey – The Code
7. Final Hour Groove – Steve Kornicki
8. Oily Rags – Grant Fitch
9. Fast Lane – Freak i.v.
10. Back To My Old Habits – Rhiann Holly
11. Last Stand of Cornholio the Wicked – Grant Fitch
12. That’s The Way It’s Got To Be – Martin Guigui
13. Psycho Creep – Mark Cook
14. Bein’ Blue – Cassidy Cooper
15. Rocket Lab – Andrew Jed
16. Get A Real Woman – Amber (Church Of Disco mix)
17. Counter – Peter Groenwald
18. Lover Tonight – Joe Wolfe
19. End Run – Peter DiStefano
20. Harp Angel – CT Sox
21. Engergise – Earodynamics
22. Bullets – Protillus