22 Chaser (2018)

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22-Chaser is a 2018 Canadian thriller drama film directed by Rafal Sokolowski, written by Jeremy Boxen, and starring Brian J. Smith, Raoul Trujillo, Aaron Ashmore, Kaniehtiio Horn, and John Kapelos. The story centers on a tow truck driver who has to decide whether to abandon his moral code in order to provide for his family. Produced by Don Carmody, Daniel Beckerman, and Aeschylus Poulos, it was released on July 6, 2018, in Canada.

Production

22 Chaser is the directorial debut feature film of Rafal Sokolowski, a film and theatre director and assistant professor of film at Ohio University. It was developed, financed and produced through the Canadian Film Centre's CFC Features program.

The central theme of the story is the crisis of masculinity in the modern world. This is conveyed through the contrast and tensions between the main character's two lives - the dangerous and brutal work of chasing accidents and his private family life at home.

To research the story, Sokolowski took several nights accompanying various tow truck "chasers" in their work. He commented on his experiences: " ... I was intimidated to arrive at the scene of an accident where real tears, real stress, real tragedy unfolds, and these truck drivers dive in - and some of them are amazing heroes and some of them find a way to squeeze a buck out of human tragedy. ...

Production began in 2015 and was centred in Toronto, Canada. Some of the challenges were the use of sophisticated technology, a large cast, many road scenes filmed at night with multiple cameras, a fleet of 39 vehicles and complex stunt scenes. Sokolowski shared credit for meeting these challenges with the pre-filming work of the creative producers, director of photography and his team, and the departmental heads.

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