By Any Means is one of those stories where life is stranger than fiction as the FBI team up with the mob to solve a murder case. The film stars Mark Wahlberg and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, and the test screening was said to be pretty successful with its audience. Wahlberg’s portrayal of real-life mafia hitman Gregory Scarpa apparently left the audience screaming and yelling. “It was crazy,” Wahlberg said. “The response in the theater is really like nothing I’ve ever seen before.“
The new look at the film gives you a background of the story and director Elegance Bratton explains how the dynamic in the partnership of our main leads is a big part of the film.
The official synopsis reads,
“Inspired by a true story, a young Black FBI agent (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) is sent into 1960s Mississippi to investigate a wave of brutal killings targeting civil rights leaders. Forced to work alongside notorious mafia hitman Greg Scarpa (Mark Wahlberg), he finds himself pulled into a deadly hunt where justice and vengeance begin to blur.
When the system is broken, two men divided by everything agree on one thing: the law has limits. They don’t.”
By Any Means stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Mark Wahlberg, Nicole Beharie, Josh Lucas, LisaGay Hamilton, LaChanze, Ethan Embry with David Strathairn and Giancarlo Esposito.
Elegance Bratton helms the film from a script by Sascha Penn. The executive producers on the project include Christopher Tremann, Lee Broda, Adam Kolbrenner, Sascha Penn, Wayne Marc Godfrey, Nicki Cortese, Chase Vergari, Gianni Benvenuto, Ibrahim Mohammed, Yasmyne Mohammed, Logan Coles, Jonathan Miller, Rob McGillivray, Mark Holder, Christine Holder, Dorit L. Hakim-Kramer, Lee Shira, Walter Josten, Patrick Josten, Brian Keefe, Kim Atwood Cleworth, Atty Cleworth, Victor Moyers and Petr Jákl.
Meanwhile, Alex Lebovici, Chester Algernal Gordon, Elegance Bratton, Basil Iwanyk, Erica Lee, Mark Wahlberg and Stephen Levinson serve as the producers on the film. The companies in charge of production include north.five.six., Script 2 Screen, Harbor Fund, LB Entertainment, Jeff Rice Films, Wonder Street, Bright White Light, International Media Funds Management, Fieldhouse Pictures, Hammerstone Studios, Thunder Road Films, Freedom Principle Productions And Municipal Pictures.