Director: Timothy A. Chey
The Firing Squad is a 2024 American film directed by Timothy A. Chey. Running about 93 minutes and combining adventure, biography, and drama, it follows three prisoners held in an unnamed country as they await the carrying out of a death sentence.
What is The Firing Squad about?
Set largely inside a prison in an unspecified nation, the story concerns three men who have been condemned to death and are held together as their scheduled date draws nearer. The film introduces each character through the circumstances that led to his imprisonment, then observes how the three interact within the confines of their shared cell. As the days pass, they rely on a common religious faith to cope with the uncertainty surrounding their fate. The screenplay, presented as a dramatization of real events, divides its attention between the inmates and the officials responsible for the facility. Rather than building toward a conventional escape plot, the narrative documents the routine of confinement and the relationships that form under the pressure of a fixed sentence.
Cast & crew
James Barrington heads the cast in the central role. He is joined by Kevin Sorbo, Cuba Gooding Jr., Eric Roberts, and Edmund Kwan, with Tupua Ainu'u, Alexander Cruzet, and Darren Cruz appearing in further parts. The ensemble mixes performers known from earlier American film and television work with newer names.
Context & significance
The Firing Squad was written and directed by Timothy A. Chey, a filmmaker who has worked within the American faith-based branch of independent cinema. Released in 2024, the picture is categorized on record as an adventure, biography, and drama, and carries a running time of roughly 93 minutes. Its country of origin is the United States. On IMDb the film holds an average user rating of 5.6 out of 10. The premise draws on an account described as based on true events, and the religious element functions as the backdrop against which the prison story unfolds.
Where & how to watch
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