Section Eight (film)
Section Eight (also known as Section 8) is a 2022 American action film directed by Christian Sesma and starring Ryan Kwanten, Dolph Lundgren, Dermot Mulroney with Scott Adkins, Mickey Rourke, and Justin Furstenfeld. Plot
During the US war in Afghanistan, a Marine platoon is ambushed by the Taliban, leaving only Jake Atherton and his commanding officer Captain Tom Mason as survivors. After being discharged, Jake works as a mechanic in an auto-shop owned by former gang member Earl. After Jake dispatches a group of Mexican gangsters who come to collect the debt Earl owes them, the gangsters slaughter his family in retaliation. Jake enters the nightclub where the gang members gather and kills them all. Before he is executed, the leader of the gang tells Jake that someone forced them to kill his family. Jake is extricated from prison by Mason to be recruited by a man named Sam Ramsey for a secret organization called Section 8, which is sanctioned to “eliminate any threats, anywhere in the world.” The group of assassins goes on various missions including one to kill a senator. At this point Jake realizes the secret organization is not what it seems. He must eventually turn against the people he’s working with. Cast

 Ryan Kwanten as Jake Atherton
 Dolph Lundgren as Tom Mason
 Dermot Mulroney as Sam Ramsey
 Scott Adkins as Leonard Locke
 Mickey Rourke as Earl Atherton
 Robert LaSardo as Fresh
 Maurice Compte as US Attorney General Martin Savoy
 Geoffrey Blake as Senator Jim Graham
 Jessica Medina as Miss Martinez
 Justin Furstenfeld as Ajax Abernathy
 Dan Matteucci as FBI Agent
 Tracy Perez as Liza Mueller
 Kimi Alexander as Ashton Atherton
 Mary Christina Brown as Agent Morrow
 Paul Sloan as Roland Brunner
 Stephen Cyrus Sepher as Edward Grayson
 Robert Laenen as Enod Bacharav
 Zachary Michael Cruz as Landon

Production
The casting of Lundgren, Adkins and Kwanten was announced on October 20, 2021. The casting of Mulroney and Furstenfeld was announced on October 29, 2021. The casting of Rourke was announced in November 2021. Release

Theatrical
In July 2022, it was announced that RLJE Films and AMC+ acquired the rights to the film, which was released on September 23, 2022. Reception

Critical response
In a negative review of the film, Ewan Gleadow wrote that the feature relied on "blind patriotism and villainous stereotypes" yet marked "the most minor improvements" in Christian Sesma's direction. References

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American action films
2020s English-language films
2020s American films