APRIL FILMS BLOOMING
APRIL FILMS BLOOMING
Daniel Smith Lionsgate
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pring ' s-A-Poppin with a new crop of films sure to intrigue , entertain , and maybe scare your pants off . We ' ve got action thrillers , apocalyptic thrillers , dystopian thrillers , horrifying thrillers , historical thrlliers , terrifying thrillers , and some films that defy logic . Here ' s what ' s new in theaters this April .
By Lori Vernon
April 19 : The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
Dragonkeeper
Directed by Jianping Li & Salvador Simó RatedPG • April5-InTheaters
In ancient China , dragons are banished from the kingdom . Many years later , an innocent and freedom-yearning orphan , Ping , is looking after the last two dragons when she discovers that one is guarding a precious and rare dragon egg . As palace guards arrive , the remaining dragon , Danzi , disappears , and before Ping has the opportunity to explain what has happened , she is mistaken for an accomplice and must run away herself . Danzi and Ping escape from the palace together and must return the dragon egg to the ocean to save all dragons from extinction !
The First Omen
Directed by Arkasha Stevenson RatedR • April5-InTheaters
When a youngAmerican woman ( Nell Tiger Free ) is sent to Rome to begin a life of service to the church , she encounters a darkness that causes her to question her own faith and uncovers a terrifying conspiracy that hopes to bring about the birth of evil incarnate . Tawfeek Barhom , Sonia Braga , Ralph Ineson , and Bill Nighy co-star .
Monkey Man
Directed by Dev Patel RatedR • April5-InTheaters
Dev Patel ' s feature directing debut is an action thriller about one man ’ s quest for vengeance against the corrupt leaders who murdered his mother and systemically victimized the poor and powerless . Inspired by the legend of Hanuman , Patel stars as Kid , an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where he is beaten bloody by more popular fighters for cash . Kid discovers a way to infiltrate the enclave of the city ’ s sinister elite . As his childhood trauma boils over , his mysteriously scarred hands unleash an explosive campaign of retribution to settle the score with the men who took everything from him .
Civil War
Directed by Alex Garland Rated R • April 12 - In Theaters
An adrenaline-fueled thrill ride through a near-future fractured America balanced on the razor ' s edge . This dystopian thriller follows a team of journalists traveling across the country to Washington , D . C ., during a rapidly escalating second American civil war and starring Kirsten Dunst , Cailee Spaeny , Wagner Moura , Stephen McKinley Henderson , and Nick Offerman .
Sting
Directed by Kiah Roache-Turner Rated R • April 12 - In Theaters
After raising an unnervingly talented spider in secret , 12-year-old Charlotte ( Alyla Browne ) must face the facts about her pet — and fight for her family ’ s survival — when the once-charming creature rapidly transforms into a giant , flesh-eating monster .
Abigail
Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett Rated R • April 19 - In Theaters
Children can be such monsters ! After a group of would-be criminals kidnap the 12-year-old ballerina daughter ( Alisha Weir ) of a powerful underworld figure , all they have to do to collect a $ 50 million ransom is watch the girl overnight . In an isolated mansion , the captors start to dwindle , one by one , and they discover , to their mounting horror , that they ’ re locked inside with no normal little girl . Melissa Barrera , Dan Stevens , Kathryn Newton ,
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