The Flock (film)

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The Flock
Promotional movie poster
Directed by	Andrew Lau
Written by	Hans Bauer Craig Mitchell
Produced by	Philippe Martinez Elie Samaha Jenette Kahn Adam Richman Andrew Lau
Starring	Richard Gere Claire Danes KaDee Strickland Avril Lavigne
Cinematography	Enrique Chediak
Edited by	Martin Hunter
Music by	Guy Farley
Distributed by	The Weinstein Company
Release date	22 November 2007 (2007-11-22)
Running time	105 minutes
Country	US
Language	English
Budget	US$35 million[1]
Box office	$7,119,846

The Flock is a 2007 American thriller film directed by Andrew Lau, the co-director of the Infernal Affairs trilogy. The film, which marks his first English-language film, stars Richard Gere and Claire Danes.

Synopsis

A hyper-vigilant agent of the

He is three weeks away from taking early retirement and his final job is to train his young female replacement Allison Lowry. After being left a newspaper with his characteristic headline circling, he is convinced the case of kidnapping is connected to a paroled sex offender he's monitoring and he takes it upon himself to find the victim at all costs.

Errol is eventually forced to leave the department early due to his relentless interrogation of sexual offenders and occasional vigilante actions against them. His efforts center on Viola, a woman who has a history of being abused but is known to have a connection to another culprit that Errol suspects to have taken the girl. Together with his partner they figure out that Viola has become an abuser herself and is the ringleader in a kidnapping and torture syndicate. They track her down to a deserted scrap heap where they find the latest kidnapped girl as well as corpses of previous victims. The movie ends with Viola being brought to book after Errol considers killing her. Errol and Allison realize that in fighting the monsters involved in sexual offenses, they must not become monsters themselves.

Cast

• Richard Gere as Agent Errol Babbage
• Claire Danes as Allison Lowry
• Avril Lavigne as Beatrice Bell
• KaDee Strickland as Viola
• Paul McGowen as Det. Grant P. Stockdale
• Matt Schulze as Custis
• Carmen Serano as Colette
• Kristina Sisco as Harriet Wells
• Ray Wise as Robert Still
• French Stewart as Haynes Ownsby
• Russell Sams as Edmund Grooms

Release

The film was released theatrically in several countries throughout the world in late 2007 and early 2008. In the United States it premiered April 11, 2008, at the Palm Beach International Film Festival, before being released on DVD on May 20, 2008, by Genius Products.^[2][3]

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