Welcome to the Punch is a British thriller in post-production and scheduled for 2012 release. Written by Eran Creevy

Eran Creevy

Eran Creevy is a British director most famous for his film Shifty and several music videos.-Biography:After assisting Woody Allen and Matthew Vaughn on feature films such as Layer Cake and Scoop, he began directing music videos for artists such as Asher D and Sway. It wasn't long before he...

, the script had been placed on the 2010 Brit List, a film-industry-compiled list of the best unproduced screenplays in British film. With seven votes, the film was honored with third place. The film is directed by Creevy, starring award-winning actors James McAvoy

James McAvoy

James McAvoy is a Scottish stage and screen actor. He made his acting debut as a teen in 1995's The Near Room and continued to make mostly television appearances until the early 2000s. His notable television work includes State of Play, Shameless, and Frank Herbert's Children of Dune...

, Mark Strong

Mark Strong

Mark Strong is an English actor, with a body of work in both films and television. He has performed in films as varied as Body of Lies, Syriana, The Young Victoria, Sherlock Holmes, RocknRolla, Stardust, and Kick-Ass...

, and Andrea Riseborough

Andrea Riseborough

-Early life:Riseborough grew up in Whitley Bay. In reference to The Long Walk To Finchley, she has described her parents as "working-class Thatcherites"....

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Plot

Welcome to the Punch presents the story of a former Iceland

Iceland

Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...

ic criminal Jacob Sternwood (Strong), who comes out of hiding, in an effort to save his son when a heist

Heist

A heist is a term used to describe a robbery from an institution such as a bank or a museum, or any robbery in which there is a large haul of loot.Heist in fiction may refer to:*Heist , directed by David Mamet...

 goes wrong. Strong's character, Sternwood, is the one man that London detective Max Lewinsky (McAvoy) has always been after. During their cat-and-mouse game, the two become unlikely allies, working together to expose a deeper conspiracy

Conspiracy (crime)

In the criminal law, a conspiracy is an agreement between two or more persons to break the law at some time in the future, and, in some cases, with at least one overt act in furtherance of that agreement...

. Solve it, they live; fail, they die.

Cast

Name	Role
James McAvoy James McAvoy James McAvoy is a Scottish stage and screen actor. He made his acting debut as a teen in 1995's The Near Room and continued to make mostly television appearances until the early 2000s. His notable television work includes State of Play, Shameless, and Frank Herbert's Children of Dune...	Max Lewinsky
Mark Strong Mark Strong Mark Strong is an English actor, with a body of work in both films and television. He has performed in films as varied as Body of Lies, Syriana, The Young Victoria, Sherlock Holmes, RocknRolla, Stardust, and Kick-Ass...	Jacob Sternwood
Andrea Riseborough Andrea Riseborough -Early life:Riseborough grew up in Whitley Bay. In reference to The Long Walk To Finchley, she has described her parents as "working-class Thatcherites"....	Sarah Hawks

Production

Name	Role
Rory Aitken	Producer
Brian Kavanaugh-Jones	Producer
Ben Pugh	Producer
Eran Creevy Eran Creevy Eran Creevy is a British director most famous for his film Shifty and several music videos.-Biography:After assisting Woody Allen and Matthew Vaughn on feature films such as Layer Cake and Scoop, he began directing music videos for artists such as Asher D and Sway. It wasn't long before he...	Writer-Director