Salma Hayek stars in Joe Lynch's upcoming action flick Everly. The Oscar nominee plays the role of a call girl turned informant for the police. Her ex boyfriend, a yakuza boss finds out that she has been snitching on the organization and it out to kill her. He sends waves of assassin's into her apartment. She needs to defend herself and her family who is with her inside the apartment against the barrage of people coming in to kill her.
The movie is given a synopsis/review with an article published by Slash Film (spoiler alert):
"Everly begins with a gripping, action-packed opening that sets the tone for the entire first act. The scene gives us just enough information about the characters, situation, and goals to drive the story forward and make a non-stop barrage of gun fights and madness plausible. Once act two comes around, the pace of that first half hour slows down as Lynch and company give Everly a lot more humanity than you'd expect. It's welcome, and ultimately rewarding because of where the film is going, but it feels a little forced into this otherwise taut thriller. In particular, a scene between Everly and her mother gets overly melodramatic.
Thankfully, Lynch recovers by upping the ante on sheer craziness. Where Everly first just had to deal with lots and lots of well-armed goons, other people and things soon become distractions and the absurdity level rises right below the height where it would get eye-rolly. The frequent Christmas music helps in that too.
Hayek goes through hell in Everly, and the film is better for it. You really get the sense of wear and tear she's enduring over the course of this holiday evening. Still, the script and the actress do their best to keep things light. She's getting her ass kicked and kicking ass but there's always some realism and humor thanks to Hayek's performance."
Other sources are saying that this could be Hayek's role to re-invent herself for Hollywood as Liam Neeson did for his "Taken" role.
Joe Lynch's Everly is slated for VOD release on January 23, 2015 and limited theatrical release on February 27, 2015.
