In 2013, Navot Papushado got the boost of a lifetime when Quentin Tarantino plugged the Israeli director’s “Big Bad Wolves” into the year’s best film. Not bad press at all coming from Mr. Revenge Cinema himself. Papushado hasn’t been up to much since, but Tarantino’s endorsement will get viewers’ attention as his next film hits Netflix this summer.
“Gunpowder Milkshake” definitely has a Tarantino vibe to its premise. Set over a single night, a group of female assassins fights for their lives and a mother-daughter duo in their ranks to end a cycle of revenge and violence spanning three generations. It sounds like Papushado wants QT to like this one, too. Here’s the official synopsis:
Sam (Karen Gillan) was only 12 years old when her mother, Scarlet (Lena Headey), an elite assassin, was forced to abandon her. The Firm raised Sam, the ruthless crime syndicate her mother worked for. Now, 15 years later, Sam has followed in her mother’s footsteps and grown into a fierce hit-woman. She uses her “talents” to clean up The Firm’s most dangerous messes. She’s as efficient as she is loyal. But when a high-risk job goes wrong, Sam must choose between serving The Firm and protecting the life of an innocent 8-year-old girl – Emily (Chloe Coleman). Sam has only one chance to survive with a target on her back: Reunite with her mother and her lethal associates: The Librarians (Angela Bassett, Michelle Yeoh, and Carla Gugino). These three generations of women must now learn to trust each other, stand up to The Firm and their army of henchmen, and raise hell against those who could take everything from them.
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The film stars Karen Gillan (‘Thor: Love And Thunder‘), Lena Headey (‘Game Of Thrones‘), Angela Bassett (‘Mission: Impossible 7‘), Paul Giamatti (‘Jungle Cruise‘), and Michelle Yeoh (‘Crazy Rich Asians‘). Carla Gugino (‘Gerald’s Game‘), Ralph Ineson (‘The Green Knight‘), and Chloe Coleman (‘My Spy‘) round out the main cast.
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Papushado shot the film in Berlin in the summer of 2019. STX Entertainment picked up the film’s North American distribution this past February, with Netflix snatching the U.S. rights from STX in April.
How will “Gunpowder Milkshake” line up against “Big Bad Wolves”? Does Netflix have this decade’s version of “Kill Bill” on their hands? Find out on July 14, when the film hits Netflix in the U.S. Internationally, the film will open sometime in July. Check out the trailer below.
7/15 Update: Netflix has launched their version of the trailer.