Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Dir: Luke Spears, 80 mins | 2026 | USA | English
The future has a new justice system. You won’t like it. In a dystopian tomorrow, parole has been replaced by R.A.P.P. — the Recidivism Accountability Partnership Program — and survival now means forced collaboration.
A white-collar criminal is tethered to a sociopathic gangster with terminal cancer. Both men carry explosive charges surgically implanted in their hearts. If either falters, both die. Director Luke Spears builds a relentless pressure cooker from this simple, brutal premise — two men who despise each other, bound together by the leanest life insurance policy imaginable.
Shackled is a lean, heart-pounding thriller where freedom is a shared sentence, and trust is the most dangerous gamble of all.
We are delighted to present this film's world premiere at our festival
Dir: Luke Spears, 80 mins | 2026 | USA | English
The future has a new justice system. You won’t like it. In a dystopian tomorrow, parole has been replaced by R.A.P.P. — the Recidivism Accountability Partnership Program — and survival now means forced collaboration.
A white-collar criminal is tethered to a sociopathic gangster with terminal cancer. Both men carry explosive charges surgically implanted in their hearts. If either falters, both die. Director Luke Spears builds a relentless pressure cooker from this simple, brutal premise — two men who despise each other, bound together by the leanest life insurance policy imaginable.
Shackled is a lean, heart-pounding thriller where freedom is a shared sentence, and trust is the most dangerous gamble of all.
We are delighted to present this film's world premiere at our festival
