‘A Common Man’ trailer released

Myriad Pictures has unveiled an international trailer for the movie “A Common Man” starring Ben Kingsley (Iron Man 3) and Ben Cross (Star Trek).

Plot: Set in Colombo, Sri Lanka, a mysterious man (Kingsley) has planted 5 bombs that are set to explode unless four major terrorists are immediately released from prison.

The new movie is directed by Chandran Rutnam and has yet to get a release date.

The movie is a psychological thriller starring Oscar Award winner Ben Kingsley and Ben Cross as well as a host of Sri Lankan stars.

Kingsley?s character is that of a man pushed to his limits that he eventually resorts to violence. The film?s tagline is also as good as a synopsis ? ?Five bombs in the city. The clock is ticking.?

It?s more difficult to tell, though, who the creators? sympathies are supposed to lie with ? the loose cannon or the ruthless cop? The audience will find their allegiance swinging from one to the other.

The story is adapted from a concept that has been done before, but Rutnam has taken that concept and turned it around into a situation of his real life encounters and played a major role of the film by screen playing, directing and editing it.

Rutnam?s company ? Film Location Services ? has in the past facilitated international movies being shot in Sri Lanka including ?Indiana Jones: The Temple of Doom? starring Harrison Ford.

But this is the first time he or any Sri Lankan is directing a Hollywood movie.

The trailer:

Interview with the Director in Colombo: