The Desperate Hour

Release date: 2024-02-13

Director(s) : Phillip Noyce

Main cast: Naomi Watts, Colton Gobbo, Sierra Maltby

The Desperate Hour is a 2021 thriller film directed by Phillip Noyce and written by Chris Sparling. It stars Naomi Watts as a woman who is desperately racing to save her child after police place her hometown on lockdown due to an active shooter incident. The film was shot in the North Bay area of Ontario in 2020. It premiered under its original title Lakewood at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival. The Desperate Hour was theatrically released by Roadside Attractions and Vertical Entertainment on February 25, 2022.

Naomi Watts, Colton Gobbo, Sierra Maltby, Michelle Johnston, Woodrow Schrieber, David Reale, Jason Clarke, Debra Wilson, Christopher Marren, Joshua Bowman, Todd Collins, Zehra Fazal, Juan Pope, Ellen Dubin, Rebecca Flinn-White, Edie Mirman, Paul Pape, Diane Johnstone

Genre(s): Movies, Thriller, VOD