Body Cam

Body Cam is a 2020 American police procedural horror film directed by Malik Vitthal, from a screenplay by Nicholas McCarthy and Richmond Riedel and a story by Riedel. The film stars Mary J. Blige, Nat Wolff, David Zayas, David Warshofsky, Demetrius Grosse and Anika Noni Rose.

Body Cam
Promotional poster
Directed byMalik Vitthal
Produced byMatt Kaplan
Screenplay by
Story byRichmond Riedel
Starring
Music byJoseph Bishara
CinematographyPedro Luque
Edited byKen Blackwell
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • May 19, 2020 (2020-05-19) (United States)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$9.6 million[1]

Originally scheduled for a May and December dates in 2019 respective, The film was pulled from the schedule and Body Cam was released digitally on May 19, 2020, prior to a video on demand release on June 2, 2020, by Paramount Pictures.

Premise

A group of Louisiana Police Department officers are haunted by a spirit after the death of a black youth and the subsequent cover-up.

Cast

Production

In March 2017, it was announced Richmond Riedel had written the script for the film.[2] In March 2018, it was announced Malik Vitthal would direct the film, with Nicholas McCarthy re-writing the script, and Paramount Pictures distributing.[3]

In June 2018, Mary J. Blige joined the cast of the film.[4] In July 2018, Nat Wolff joined the cast.[5] In September 2018, Theo Rossi, Anika Noni Rose and David Zayas were cast, with filming beginning in New Orleans.[6][7][8][9]

Joseph Bishara compose the film score. Paramount Music has released the soundtrack.

Release

Body Cam was supposed to be released on May 17, 2019 but was pushed back to December 6, after having no trailer, no posters or no images for this film, On November 12, 2019, Paramount pulled the film from the schedule and it was released digitally on May 19, 2020, prior to a video on demand release on June 2, 2020.[10]

It was the eighth-most rented film on Spectrum in its first weekend of release.[11]

Critical response

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 39% based on 23 reviews, with a weighted average of 4.93/10. The site's critics consensus reads: "Ambitious yet undercooked, Body Cam can't quite connect the dots between its genre thrills and socially aware themes."[12] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 37 out of 100, based on five critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[13]

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