Freelancers (film)

Freelancers is a 2012 crimedrama film directed by Jessy Terrero, and stars 50 Cent, Forest Whitaker, and Robert De Niro. Filming took place in New York City, New York. It had a limited release in theaters in Los Angeles and New York on August 10, 2012 and was released on DVD and Bluray on August 21, 2012.

In February 2011, Variety announced that 50 Cent will play a lead role in the film. He will star as the son of a slain NYPD officer who joins the force and welcomed by his fathers former partner into the ranks of his vice crime task force and on to a team of rogue Gotham cops. A month later, Deadline reported that Robert De Niro and Forest Whitaker had joined the film. Variety announced in May of that year that Dana Delany would play a lead female role. 50 Cent said that he felt compassion for his character despite the characters ambiguous morality. That and other aspects of the film that he could identify with from his own experiences drew him to the project.Freelancers had a limited release on August 10, 2012, and was released on home video on August 21, 2012. It was number six in the top ten DVD and Bluray rentals in the week of August 30, 2012. ........

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