The Cost

The Cost (2023)

Vengeance comes with a heavy price

Intent on dispensing their own brutal form of justice, two ordinary men abduct a felon who committed a horrific crime many years before.

Date of release
2023-05-10
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (10)
Runtime
1h 48m
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Director
Matthew Holmes

Casting

Interesting facts

The Cost is a 2022 Australian revenge drama directed by Matthew Holmes from an original screenplay by Matthew Holmes and Gregory Moss. Set over 48 hours, the film follows two men as they seek to enact vengeance on a convicted felon, by taking him deep into the bush to inflict a series of brutal punishments. It stars Jordan Fraser-Trumble, Damon Hunter, Kevin Dee, Nicole Pastor and Clayton Watson.

Production

Principal photography on The Cost started in Melbourne, Victoria in February 2021 then moved to regional Victoria around Lauriston.

Due to multiple COVID-19 lockdowns in Victoria, the production to continuously forced to stop and start, with filming lasting over 13 months, mostly on weekends. Photography wrapped in March 2022.

To create greater realism, the cast were given a great deal of freedom to interpret their character and shape their own dialogue during filming.

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