Hellfire (2026)

Hellfire is a 2026 American action-thriller film directed by Isaac Florentine and written by Richard Lowry. It stars Stephen Lang, Dolph Lundgren, Harvey Keitel, Scottie Thompson, Johnny Yong Bosch, Michael Sirow, Chris Mullinax, Maurice Compte, Levon Panek, Jason Scott Morgan, Carl Bailey, and Natalie Canerday.

The film is set in 1988, and centers on a former soldier-turned drifter who arrives at a small town plagued by a ruthless crime lord, and attempts to free the place from his grasp, bonding with the daughter of a bar owner.

Plot

Owen is a small time bar owner with the help of his daughter Lena in a small Texan town during 1988. A biker gang led by Clyde arrives and attempts to seduce Lena but Owen intervenes. Clyde pushes Owen and warns him not to intervene before Clyde and his gang leave.

Meanwhile, a drifter arrives at the town and offers Owen help to clean the bar. Sheriff Wiley then arrives and it is revealed that the town is under control of crime boss Jeremiah Whitfield, and use the people as employees who he forces to work for him. Owen names the drifter Nomada. Clyde is revealed to be Jeremiah's son.

Nomada then rents a hotel room and during a bath, has flashbacks of a battle he faced as an ex Green Beret. He returns to the bar while the Sheriff returns and attempts to arrest him but Nomada tricks Sheriff Wiley by pretending to call his old friend.

Nomada and Lena then attempt to spy on Jeremiah's mansion but are ambushed by two of his men who take the fight to a warehouse. Nomada keeps Lena safe while he shoots the two men dead.

They return to the salon before Clyde and Zeke (Jeremiah's right-hand man) take the whole town hostage. Clyde knocks out Nomada and kidnaps Lena while Zeke kills eveyone else including Owen. Nomada than wakes up and kills two men before traveling to a warehouse to save Lena.

However he is intercepted by Wiley who arrests him but he escapes, and Zeke kills Wiley after an argument. Nomada kills Zeke's men before breaking Zeke's neck after a fight, killing him. Clyde arrives at the warehouse with Lena and attempts to run Nomada over but Nomada shoots and kills him and saves Lena.

Nomada and Lena then travel to Jeremiah's house, Nomada shoots Jeremiah in the leg, pours brandy on him and sets him on fire, finally killing him and putting an end to his operation.

Nomada and Lena have a funeral for Owen before the two go separate ways. Lena finally moves town while Nomada, having eliminated the drug operation, walks away to another town.

Cast

Stephen Lang as "Jack Hollister/The Drifter/Nomada"

Dolph Lundgren as Sheriff Wiley, a corrupt sheriff working for Jeremiah.

Harvey Keitel as Jeremiah Whitfield,a drug boss

Scottie Thompson as Lena, Owen's daughter

Johnny Yong Bosch as Zeke, Jeremiah's right-hand man

Michael Sirow as Clyde, Jeremiah's son

Chris Mullinax as Owen, a disabled bar owner.

Carl Bailey as Randal

Maurice Compte as Salvadore

Levon Panek as Cletus

Natalie Canerday as Vivian

Production

In September 2022, it was announced that an action-thriller film directed by Isaac Florentine and written by Richard Lowry had completed principal photography in Arkansas. Stephen Lang, Dolph Lundgren, Harvey Keitel, Scottie Thompson, Johnny Yong Bosch, Michael Sirow, Chris Mullinax, Maurice Compte, Levon Panek, Jason Scott Morgan, Carl Bailey, and Natalie Canerday rounded out the cast.

Release

In February 2023, Saban Films acquired worldwide distribution rights to the film. The film was first released in the Middle East on February 5, 2026, and in the United States on February 17.

References

External links

Hellfire at IMDb