Directed by Peter Atencio and written for the screen by Kevin Biegel and Scotty Landes,
The Machine stars comedian Bert Kreischer in an
adaptation of one of his standup routines. Kreischer plays a version of
himself who finds himself on the run with his father (Mark Hamill)
when a family of mobsters catch up with him following an event from his
past.
The film also stars
Iva Babić, Jess Gabor, Jimmy Tatro, Stephanie Kurtzuba and
Mercedes De La Cruz.
The Machine is in UK/ROI cinemas from May 31st.
Check out the trailer below.
The official synopsis reads:
Set 23 years after the original story which inspired it, The Machine finds Bert (Bert Kreischer) facing familial crisis and the arrival of his estranged father (Mark Hamill) when the ghost of his booze-soaked past arrives: a murderous mobster (Iva Babić) hellbent on kidnapping Bert back to the motherland to atone for his crimes. Together, he and his father must retrace the steps of his younger self (Jimmy Tatro) in the midst of a war between a sociopathic crime family while they attempt to find common ground.