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Retribution

Country: United States, Language: English, 18 mins

  • Director: Mel Orpen
  • Writer: Mel Orpen
  • Producer: Laurie Gardiner, Cassandra Jones, Alexandra Reinnoldt

CGiii Comment

Melodramatic, legal claptrap...

Way too big a subject for the available time and talent.


Trailer...

Mel Orpen - "RETRIBUTION" trailer from The Caucus Foundation on Vimeo.

The(ir) Blurb...

"What will you do when justice fails?"

A queer, Latinx Army Airborne officer returns home from deployment to marry her girlfriend, but on the eve of their engagement party they're in a terrible accident. When the court system fails them, the officer must decide whether or not to take matters into her own hands to make things right.

Cast & Characters

Diana Romo (as Capt. Nat Hernandez)
Mo Beatty (as Lucy Gainor)
Jay Willick (as Dr. Montrose)
Jah Shams (as Sgt. Anton Peterson)
Alexandre Chen (as Detective Lanergan)
Mandy June Turpin (as Jessica Carillo, Esq.)
Chris Devlin (as Arnold Wheeler, Esq.)
Alyssa Barrett Jackson (as Millie Peterson)
Ben Turner Dixon (as Buddy)
Wesley Ricker (as John Henry)
Marvin Gay (as Judge Roscoe)