Not to be confused with the 1979 Kirk Douglas western-comedy, Cactus Jack is the four years in the making, crowdfunded directorial debut of The Thornton Brothers, shot using iPhones on a relatively miniscule budget of $20,000. The film sees an amateur documentarian imprisoned by the reclusive hatemonger he attempted to make the subject of his latest film.
Cactus Jack is set for a January 2021 release in the US, with news of a UK/ROI release yet to reach us.
Check out the trailer and poster below.
The official synopsis reads:
When an amateur documentarian sets out to make a film about a man who hasn’t left his mother’s basement in six months, he discovers the recluse is in fact a vile doomsday hatemonger. The tables are turned when the maniac snaps, imprisons him, and takes control of the cameras to start a vitriolic, venomous podcast—making enemies far and wide and promising violent retribution.
