Doctor Who’s Sylvester McCoy is a mysterious lawyer with a mission in revenge thriller Dead Before They Wake out in January
2025 is almost here, and with it comes new Scottish thriller Dead Before They Wake. Doctor Who legend Sylvester McCoy co-stars in the film, as a shadowy figure who hires Alex (Nathan Shepka) to rescue an abducted girl. But is McCoy’s Evan everything he seems? It leads to the longest night of Alex’s life and a battle for survival. The thriller arrives in American cinemas on the 7th of January, before its UK release on the 27th.
The official synopsis for Dead Before They Wake reads
Alex dwells in a caravan by day and mans the door of a city club by night. One evening he is approached by the mysterious Evan, a retired lawyer who offers him £20,000 on behalf of a government official to track down a missing girl named Bianca. Alex’s search takes him into the underbelly of Glasgow where he comes across the suspicious Amar and Ghadir who appear to be running a shady criminal operation far beyond the confines of their commercial property. Will Alex manage to find the girl and get her back safely, leading to his own ultimate retribution? Can he take down a ruthless trafficking ring or has he endangered the lives of himself and those around him beyond positive outcome?
Directed by Shepka and Andy Crane, the film also co-stars Grace Cordell (Cara), Manjot Sumal (The Last Bus), Patrick Bergin (Sleeping with the Enemy), and Kareem Nasif . The score is by Oscar-winner Joseph Renzetti (The Buddy Holly Story, Child’s Play).
Check out the trailer below.
Sylvester McCoy will also be in Bananacide next year, while The Inspector Chronicles is now in pre-production
Dead Before They Wake is one of several upcoming projects for Sylvester McCoy in 2025. He will also be starring in the short film Bananacide as scientist attempting to prove if tomatoes are vegetable or fruit. But when a banana puts a stop to his experiments the question remains: accident, or bananacide?
McCoy is also set to appear in The Inspector Chronicles, based on the Doctor Who parody from the sitcom Community. Currently in pre-production, the film follows the adventures of mysterious stranger “The Inspector,” who travels through space and time in his machine disguised as a phone box. Sylvester McCoy will feature as Uncle Roderick in a cast also including Star Trek’s Robert Picardo and Chase Masterson, with Nicholas Brendon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer).
