Gunslingers (2025 film)

Gunslingers is a 2025 American Western action film written, produced, directed, and edited by Brian Skiba. It stars Stephen Dorff, Heather Graham, and Nicolas Cage.

Gunslingers
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Brian Skiba
Written by	Brian Skiba
Produced by	Randall Batinkoff Brian Skiba Laurie Love Scott Reed
Starring	Stephen Dorff Heather Graham Nicolas Cage
Cinematography	Patrice Lucien Cochet
Edited by	Brian Skiba
Music by	Richard Patrick
Production companies	Grindstone Entertainment Group ZTA Entertainment Skibavision Aarimax Films
Distributed by	Lionsgate
Release date	April 11, 2025 (2025-04-11)
Running time	104 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English

Cast

• Nicolas Cage as Ben
• Stephen Dorff as Thomas Keller
• Heather Graham as Val
• Scarlet Rose Stallone as Bella
• Tzi Ma as Lin
• Jeremy Kent Jackson as Robert Keller
• Costas Mandylor as Jericho
• Cooper Barnes as Levi
• Bre Blair as Mary
• Randall Batinkoff as Doc

Production

In May 2024, it was announced that post-production had begun on a western action film titled Gunslingers, after filming occurred in Cave City, Kentucky, Barren County, Hart County, and Edmonson County. Brian Skiba wrote, co-produced, and directed the film, with Nicolas Cage, Stephen Dorff, Heather Graham, Scarlet Rose Stallone, Randall Batinkoff, Tzi Ma, Costas Mandylor, Cooper Barnes, and Bre Blair starring.^[2]

Release

Gunslingers was released in select theaters in the United States, and on video on demand on April 11, 2025.^[3]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 5% of 19 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 3.2/10.^[4] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 22 out of 100, based on five critics, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews.^[5]