Interview:
Martin Campbell,
director,
"Dirty Angels"
Directed by Martin Campbell, the Eva Green-led ensemble action thriller Dirty Angels finds a team of female soldiers tasked with rescuing several ISIS-kidnapped schoolgirls during the 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. For Green’s team leader Jake, the mission is personal. Months earlier, Jake was the sole survivor of the massacre of her unit at the hands of the ISIS mastermind responsible for the kidnapping. Posing as humanitarian medical care workers, Green and her team enter Afghanistan in search of the kidnap victims. But their mission is complicated by the conflict between ISIS and the Taliban. The ensemble cast includes The Apprentice’s Maria Bakalova, The Meg’s Ruby Rose, and Dogman’s Jojo T. Gibbs as members of Green’s team. Dirty Angels is now available for digital/on-demand viewing. The New Zealand-born Martin Campbell launched his directing career with a run of 1970s British comedies and musicals, including 1973’s The Sex Thief (a.k.a. Her Family Jewels), before transitioning to directing episodes of such British TV series as The Professionals, Minder, Shoestring, and Bergerac. In the early 1980s, Campbell made a name for himself directing the TV miniseries Reilly, Ace of Spies, starring Sam Neill, and the BAFTA Award-winning The Edge of Darkness. Campbell began his Hollywood career with the 1988 thriller Criminal Law. He soon earned a reputation as action specialist thanks to such films as Defenseless, No Escape, Vertical Limit, Green Lantern, The Foreigner, The Protégé, Memory, and his U.S. film adaptation of Edge of Darkness starring Mel Gibson. He also directed The Mask of Zorro and its sequel The Legend of Zorro. He was entrusted to usher in both the Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig James Bond eras with GoldenEye and Casino Royale, respectively. Campbell next directs the Daisy Ridley thriller Cleaner, which will reunite him with his Beyond Borders star Clive Owen. Aired: Dec. 18, 2024. Web site: https://www.lionsgate.com/movies/dirty-angels |
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