Trailer release: "Breakwater" (Vertical Ent)
The official trailer for “Breakwater” just dropped and it’s got Dermot Mulroney like you’ve never seen him.
This will be a fun holiday watch if you’re into tense, scary thrillers. I love Mulroney as a villain. It’s such a fun change-up for the guy who has played the consummate romantic leading man since the mid-90s. Now he’s got an insane Ted Kazinski beard and a Max Cady criminal psychosis that propels this rollercoaster to its action-packed climax.
Musically, we have a beautifully sinister score composed by the iconic Spanish composer Roque Baños and some really fun needle drops supporting the rootsy/swampy Lynchian Americana vibes of the setting in North Carolina. I was able to deviate from that theme in some fun unexpected ways with songs by the likes of Wang Chung and Fink. There is a wonderful on-camera performance of “Kissin’ and Cussin’” by Grammy Award-winning Broadway star Celia Rose Gooding which is probably my favorite scene in the film.
I love country and Americana music, but it’s often so difficult to find a place for that genre in many of the projects I work on, so it was very fun to work with so much of it in this film.
Check out the trailer below and then listen to the Spotify playlist with the songs from the movie. “Breakwater” is in theaters and on-demand on December 22nd
