The Gateway is an American crime thriller film directed by Michele Civetta and starring Shea Whigham, Olivia Munn and Frank Grillo. The screenplay, written by Alexander Felix and originally titled Where Angels Die, was included in the 2013 Black List. The film was released in theaters and on VOD on September 3, 2021.
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Plot
A troubled but dedicated social worker, assisting a working and struggling single mother and her daughter, intervenes when the father returns from prison and drags his family back to his habitual world of crime.
Cast
Shea Whigham as Parker Jode
Olivia Munn as Dahlia Montrose
Zach Avery as Mike Montrose
Bruce Dern as Marcus Jode
Frank Grillo as Duke Harmaday
Alex Wraith as Louis
Taegen Burns as Ashley Montrose
Jackson James as Tommy
Shannon Adawn as Detective King
Nicholas Daly as Detective Bachman
Mike O'Connell as Stu
Taryn Manning as Corey Belton
Mark Boone Junior as Gary Wolfbock
Keith David as Terry Thompson
Production
The film was shot in Norfolk, Virginia in May 2019.
Release
The film was released in selected theaters and on video-on-demand on September 3, 2021 in the United States.
Reception
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes surveyed 37 critics and, categorizing the reviews as positive or negative, assessed 19 as positive and 18 as negative for a 51% rating.