Common Ground

WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY

Matthew Joseph

STARRING

Luke Barrington

Donny Merino

Cris Cardona

YEAR

2025

A seasoned mob enforcer and his boss's condescending nephew are stuck in a rundown factory yard awaiting orders for a hostage exchange, but when their sedated captive wakes up screaming, the pair must navigate clashing egos to keep the job from going violently off the rails.

Two men in suits talking on cell phones near a black car in a junkyard or scrapyard with piles of debris and scrap metal around them.
A man in a black suit, white shirt, and black tie stands outdoors with a disdainful expression. In the background, there are several abandoned or damaged vehicles, including white and black trucks and cars, on a gravel lot with a blurred natural land
A man in a suit leaning into an open car door, looking inside with a serious expression, seen from inside a vehicle with another person lying in the backseat.
A young man with light brown hair wearing a black jacket and white shirt standing outdoors in a parking lot during the daytime. Blurred vehicles and sky are in the background.
Three men in a junkyard, one holding a tire, another with a phone in hand, and the third raising a phone in the air, with a black SUV in the center and piles of scrap metal in the background.
Two men in formal attire aim guns at a target, standing outdoors near parked cars on a sunny day.
A man in a suit brandishing a gun towards a young man who is looking down at something in his hands, standing beside a black vehicle with a license plate from Ontario, in what appears to be a junkyard or industrial area with dilapidated buildings and
A man in a black suit and tie pointing a handgun in an outdoor setting with a blurred background.
Young man with light brown hair smoking a cigarette outdoors on a cloudy day.
Three men standing outdoors in a junkyard scene, with one man in a suit holding a gun pointed at the other two men near a black car.
Two men sitting inside a vehicle, both smoking cigarettes, with one at the driver's seat and the other in the passenger seat. The scene appears to be during sunset or sunrise.
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