Although we may always associate Lena Headey with her award-winning work as the cruel and calculated Cersei Lannister during all eight seasons of HBO’s Game of Thrones, to simply count her out of other roles would be a gross misjudgment. In the years since her reign of terror came to an end in the live-action series adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s beloved novels, the actress has stayed incredibly busy, putting out one project after the next. Soon, she’ll appear alongside a talented cast in the latest feature-length project to hail from actor-turned-director Chad Faust in his thriller Ballistic. Today, ahead of the film’s release into select cinemas and on demand on April 17, Collider is thrilled to unveil a brand-new look at the high-octane drama that throws Headey back into the world of action in a gritty and emotional performance that she grabs by the horns.
Ballistic calls into question how the choices we make day in and day out affect us in the future. Nance Redfield (Headey) is an employee at a munitions factory where she pores over every single bullet that comes down the line. In her time away from earning a paycheck, she’s the dutiful mother to Jesse (Jordan Kronis), a young man who has signed up to fight for his country in the military. Unfortunately, tragedy strikes shortly after Jesse’s deployment when he’s killed in combat, with Nance soon discovering that the bullet that claimed the life of her son was made in the very factory that she’d built her living off. Now, in a search for answers and revenge, Nance strikes out to peel back lie after lie to illuminate the truth.
