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Inthemiddleoftheoutback,astolen4WDcollideswithatransporttruck.Twolocalkidsinthecararebadlyhurt.Someoneshouldhavecalledforhelp,buttheydidn’t.Theydidn’tbecausetheyworkforaninternationalresearchprojectno-onetalksaboutandtheircargoisaprohibitedsubstance.TheaccidentwouldhaveremainedamysterywereitnotforNed(DanSpielman)andJesseBanks(AshleyZukerman).Nedisayounginternetjournalistdesperateforabreak,andJesseishistroubledyoungerbrotherwhoseobsessionwithhackinghasgothimintoseriousdifficulties.NedandJesseBanksaregivenapoisonedchalicewhenaphonevideooftheoutbackaccidentarrivesintheirin-box.Theirdecisiontodigdeeperdragsthebrothersintothedarkestheartofpolitics,thewebofblackmarketeersandtheinternationalagenciesthatmonitorandmanipulatethem.Together,theysuddenlybecometheunlikeliestcrusadersfordemocracy.Thequestionisjusthowfarthoseinauthoritywillgotokeeptheirexplosivesecretsafe-andjusthowfarthetwobrotherswillgotorevealthetruth.

TyreseGibson,JohnMalkovichandMichaelJaiWhitewillstarinRed48,anindieactionthrillerfromYaleProductions.JonKeeyes(TheHarrowing)isdirectingthefeature,whichhasanoriginalscriptbyMickeySolisandiswrappingproductionthisweekinandaroundtheTri-Statearea.GibsonwillplayKyleSnowden,atroubledformerMarineturnedchildprotectiveserviceofficerwhomustsaveanimmigrantchildfromadangerouscriminalwhohastrappedthemandotherhostagesinsideaconveniencestore.Addingmorepowertothekeg:ThestoreisownedbytheSnowden’sstepfather,SamSafty,beingplayedbyMalkovich.WhiteplaysSparks,theSafty’sno-nonsensebodyguardandconfidant.GibsonisalsoproducingtheprojectalongwithKeeyes.JordanYaleLevineandJordanBeckermanareproducingviatheirYaleProductionsbanner.