25 million dollars, 8 safety deposit boxes, and months before anyone will know it’s gone. But Harrison’s perfect heist turns deadly when his safe-cracker, Mack, discovers their getaway pilot brutally murdered. Someone knew about the job, someone set them up. Stranded in a frozen hangar, held hostage by someone outside, loyalty turns to suspicion and friends turn to enemies. Now it’s a race against time as the band of thieves try to uncover the rat and escape their troubled pasts…if they can survive the night.
Acting
Michael Eklund's twitchy, unraveling safe-cracker steals every scene
Production
Single-location tension built on frozen atmosphere and minimal budget
Director
Brian Klemesrud
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in just 14 days in a repurposed Illinois warehouse during actual subzero temperatures — the actors' breath is real.
The title 'Dead Draw' refers to a chess position where neither player can win — fitting for Harrison's ultimate stalemate with fate.
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