Sweet Girl is a 2021 American action thriller film starring Jason Momoa. He also served as the producer of the film, that was distributed by Netflix.
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- Sweet Girl is a 2021 American action thriller film.
- It was directed by Brian Andrew Mendoza.
- The movie was his feature directorial debut.
- It was written by Philip Eisner and Gregg Hurwitz.
- The film stars Jason Momoa, Isabela Merced, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Adria Arjona, Raza Jaffrey, Justin Bartha, Lex Scott Davis, Michael Raymond-James and Amy Brenneman.
- Steven Price was the music director.
- Sweet Girl was released on Netflix on August 20, 2021.
- The plot it about a devastated husband vows to bring justice to the people responsible for his wife’s death while protecting the only family he has left, his daughter.
- It received negative reviews from critics for its clichéd story and wasted potential.
- Its stunts though were positively noted.
- Netflix announced in October 2021 that 68 million accounts had watched 2-minutes of the movie within 28 days of release.
- In July 2019, it was announced Jason Momoa had joined the cast of the film, with Brian Andrew Mendoza directing from a screenplay by Philip Eisner, Gregg Hurwitz and Will Staples.
- It was also announced that Momoa will also serve as a producer on the film, with Netflix distributing.
- In October 2019, Isabela Merced joined the cast of the film.
- In December 2019, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Raza Jaffrey, Adria Arjona, Justin Bartha, Lex Scott Davis, Michael Raymond-James, Dominic Fumusa, Brian Howe, Nelson Franklin, and Reggie Lee joined the cast of the film.
- Principal photography commenced on November 11, 2019 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- It wrapped on February 11, 2020.
- Unlike other movies set in downtown Pittsburgh, this film accurately depicts the names and locations of the subway/light rail stations, streets, bridges, and connecting geography
- Kevin Evanto is included in the Special Thanks portion of the end credits. Kevin was the Chief Marketing Officer of Allegheny County and helped facilitate filming opportunities in county locations – including the county courthouse featured in the movie’s climax. Sadly, Kevin passed away from a brief illness on March 9, 2021, at the age of 51, several months before the movie’s release
- Announced to be filming in Pittsburgh November 2019-February 2020
- In the diner scene, Santos says Diana Morgan’s name and Ray Cooper says, “The senator?” even though Morgan had been established as a U.S. representative earlier and a later scene takes place at her camapign announcement to run for senato
- A yellow taxi cab has a cameo in one shot, and then in the final scenes, Rachel takes a yellow taxi cab to the airport.
- This car was made up specifically for the movie as Pittsburgh doesn’t have a yellow taxi cab company (the local yellow cab became zTrip in 2016)
- Reggie Lee is listed as Dr. Ralston, but in the movie they called him Dr. Wu. He also played Sgt Wu in the TV show Grimm (2011).
- Written by Gregg Hurwitz who was the author behind the popular Orphan X series.
- Rachel (Isabela Merced) named her stuffed toy “Paloma”.
- Jason Momoa’s earlier movie was titled Road to Paloma (2014).
- When Ray is selecting clothing so he can sneak into the charity auction, he looks on a rack that is labelled “Women”, this foreshadows the plot twist.
- When Diana Morgan enters the government building towards the end of the movie, the initial exterior and foyer shots take place in the Pittsburgh City County Building.
- However, the subsequent shots of Rachel, Diana, and the hired killer take place in the County Courthouse located directly across the street.
