The murder of a grown man's mother turns a simple life into a blood-stained one in the new trailer for the revenge thriller Bad Day for the Cut, making its world premiere next week at the Sundance Film Festival.

Synopsis: "Donal is a farmer who still lives at home in a little Irish village with his mother Florence. He works the fields during the day and drinks in the local pub at night. He seems content with a simple, quiet life. The only sense we get of his wish for something more is an old campervan, which he has lovingly restored. When Florence is killed in an apparent home invasion Donal sets off for Belfast in the little red van, looking for revenge. What he finds is a world of violence and brutality that he can’t understand and a secret about his mother that will shake him to his core."

Directed by Chris Baugh from a screenplay he wrote with Brendan Mullin, Bad Day for the Cut stars Nigel O'Neill, Susan Lynch, Józef Pawłowski, Stuart Graham, Anna Próchniak, and Ian McElhinney.

Bad Day for the Cut will have its world premiere on January 22nd at this year's Sundance Film Festival and is scheduled to have the following public screenings:

  • Sunday, January 22, 11:45 p.m., Egyptian Theatre, Park City
  • Monday, January 23, 9:30 p.m., Redstone Cinema 1, Park City
  • Wednesday, January 25, 11:30 p.m., Prospector Square Theatre, Park City
  • Saturday, January 28, 11:59 p.m., Broadway Centre Cinema 6, SLC

Stay tuned to Daily Dead for our on-site coverage of Bad Day for the Cut and more movies at the Sundance Film Festival starting later this week, and in case you missed them, check out stills and the Sundance poster for Bad Day for the Cut.

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