"Default," directed by Colombian director Simon Brand, and picked up by the distribution company Wild Bunch, had its world premiered at the NY Colombian Film Festival this year at the end of March.
Described as a claustrophobic thriller, "Default," centers on the hijacking of an American news crew’s chartered jet off the coast of Seychelles by Somali pirates, and stars David Oyelowo as Atlas, leader of plane hijackers/pirates, who is driven by one goal – to be interviewed by a prominent member of the crew, legendary journalist Frank Saltzman. And for the sake of his colleagues, Saltzman agrees to the demand before realizing they are…
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