Wrong Side of Town
Film poster
Directed by	David DeFalco
Written by	David DeFalco
Produced by	David DeFalco Jason Hewitt Carsten H.W. Lorenz
Starring	Rob Van Dam David Bautista
Cinematography	Thomas Lembcke
Edited by	Andrew Drazek Ezra Gould Donald Ray Washington
Music by	Jim Kaufman
Production company	Films in Motion
Distributed by	Grindstone Entertainment Group
Release date	February 23, 2010 (2010-02-23)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$870,000[1]

Wrong Side of Town is a 2010 American action film written, produced and directed by David DeFalco, scored by Jim Kaufman, and starring Rob Van Dam and Dave Bautista. The film was released direct-to-DVD in the United States on February 23, 2010.

Plot

Bobby Kalinowski, is a former Navy Seal enjoys a peaceful life as a landscape architect in Louisiana with his family. After receiving an invitation from new neighbors Clay Freeman and Elise Freeman, they go out for a night on the town to a famous club. The evening soon takes a turn for the worse when Bobby gets into a conflict with one of the club owners, named Ethan Bordas. In the middle of the conflict, Ethan accidentally falls and is stabbed by his own knife, while fighting with Bobby, who was defending his wife.

Seeking revenge, Ethan's father Seth Bordas, previously thought to be his older brother, puts a $100,000 bounty on Bobby's head. Also making matters difficult, Bobby is unable to receive help from the law, for Seth has Clay Freeman, and a corrupt police sergeant, working for him. Now Bobby must survive and escape Louisiana while being hunted by criminals, corrupt law, and many others in the city. To protect his family and neighbors, Bobby decides to separate himself from them and goes to his Navy Seal colleague Big Ronnie (or known as B.R.) for help. B.R. initially refuses, deciding to take the bounty, but later changes his mind and helps Bobby. Seth targets Bobby’s family and kidnaps his 16-year-old daughter Brianna. However, Bobby ends up fighting and killing Seth and his henchmen with B.R.'s help, and rescues his daughter.

Cast

• Rob Van Dam as Bobby Kalinowski
• Dave Bautista as Big Ronnie (B.R.)
• Lara Grice as Dawn Kalinowski
• Edrick Browne as Clay Freeman
• Ava Santana as Elise Freeman
• Stormy Daniels as Stormy
• Randal Reeder as Trouble
• Jerry Katz as Seth Bordas
• Louis Herthum as Briggs
• Brooke Frost as Brianna Kalinowski
• Ja Rule a.k.a. Jeffrey Atkins as Razor
• Nelson Frazier, Jr. as Animal
• Damon Lipari as Nicky
• Scott Schwartz as Deacon
• David DeFalco as Demon
• Marrese Crump as Markus
• Omarion a.k.a. Omari Grandberry as Stash
• Quess a.k.a. Brian Wakefield as Dawg
• Ross Britz as Ethan Bordas
• "Big Dog" Ramar Jenkins as Big Dog
• Carsten H.W. Lorenz as Cab Driver
• Anthony M. Frederick as Detective Hernandez
• Gabriela Ostos as Abusive Woman
• J. Omar Castro as Cop

Production

The film is set and filmed at Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Los Angeles, California on January 18 and February 21, 2009.^{[citation needed]}

Home media

On February 23, 2010, DVD was released by Lionsgate in the United States in Region 1. DVD was released in Region 2 in the United Kingdom on 15 March 2010, it was distributed by Entertainment One.

Critical response

R.L. Shaffer of IGN scored the film 2/10, writing "Alas, Wrong Side of Town gets everything wrong. The producers cast a bunch of wrestlers who can't act and they gave them unbelievable dialogue and stupid characters. It's no wonder their performances are terrible. No one is guided in the right direction, and the entire production feels like a high school-produced cheapie that everyone's ashamed they made".^[2]