Galveston OTT release date: When and where to watch Ben Foster and Elle Fanning's crime thriller drama

Galveston OTT release date: Released in 2018, the English crime thriller drama is based on the 2010 namesake novel written by Nic Pizzolatto.

Galveston

If you are a huge fan of crime thrillers, suspense, mystery, and drama, we bet you would love to watch the Galveston movie. The English crime thriller is set to make its OTT release soon on Lionsgate Play in India. Released in 2018, Galveston is based on the namesake written by Nic Pizzolatto, which was published in 2010. It follows a dying hitman, who escapes to plan his revenge by snatching a young girl, who was kidnapped by his boss.

When to watch Galveston on Lionsgate Play

The English crime thriller–Galveston is releasing on November 22, 2024, only on Lionsgate Play, which you will also be able to watch through OTTplay Premium. Directed by Mélanie Laurent, the movie features Ben Foster, Elle Fanning, Lili Reinhart, Adepero Oduye, Robert Valverdo, and Beau Bridges.

Galveston movie plot overview

The narrative introduces Roy (Ben Foster), a cold-blooded assassin, who is accustomed to the thrills of the killings and the satisfaction of a job well done, finds his life taking an unexpected turn. A recent diagnosis of a type of life-threatening cancer that has cast a shadow over his future. His life gets more intense when his ruthless boss senses his situation and makes a sinister plot to remove him from the world.

This betrayal soon makes Roy desperate, and returns to his hometown, Galveston, a place where he could take shelter and scheme his revenge. Fuelled by anger and a desire for justice, Roy embarks on a dangerous journey to confront his past and seek retribution against those who have wronged him.

Ben Foster’s experience working in Galveston movie

Back in 2018, lead actor Ben Foster talked to Film School Rejects news portal, and shared that he loves to work on characters like Roy. When he gets to know about his character’s characteristics that includes toxic masculinity, he instantly gets thrilled. He further shared that this type of character excites him due to the tough environment, the grizzled, hard, violent, and intense things about them.

“The fact there was something that crippled inside him felt interesting within this genre. I thought we could maybe explore some of those ideas. I don’t know how successful we were, but that’s what drew me to it”, Ben Foster stated.

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