THE KNIGHTS OF MALTA A/K/A WELCOME TO MALTA

By Johnny MARTIN

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Thriller - Pre-Production 2022

After robbing two gangs, a couple of American ex-soldiers retire to Rio De Janeiro. But when their cover is blown the two men fight their way across the city to escape, with the cops, the gangs and the FBI hot on their trail.

    • Year of production
    • 2022
    • Genres
    • Thriller
    • Countries
    • DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Director(s)
    • Johnny MARTIN
    • Writer(s)
    • Scott WINDHAUSER
    • Producer(s)
    • Richard RIONDA DEL CASTRO, Frederico LAPENDA
    • Synopsis
    • JAX, 50’s, and RILEY 40’s, best friends, black ops soldiers for the United States government. On their latest mission to eliminate a hostile target, they realize they are working for someone who doesn’t have their best interests in mind – DECKER, 40’s. They abort the kill mission, take some key evidence and decide to disappear down to Rio.
      Jax and Riley open a helicopter tour business and settle into their new lives nicely of semiretirement.
      Jax is even dating a local girl – ADRIANA, 25, gorgeous, who is caring for her young brother RODRIGO, 12, street kid. The guys have no problem minding their own business, until… their old boss Decker sends a unit of soldiers (led by MARRICK) to kill them and if that wasn’t bad enough, Adriana is kidnapped by a man named… DUTCH, 40’s,
      gangster, crime boss of Rio assisted of his right man REEVES.
      Riley wants to make a run for it, but Jax is done running. He loves Adriana and feels a sense of duty to save her. Riley knows he’s right, so… the men go back to their old ways. They go after Dutch and his entire organization. Rodrigo helps them, he leads them into the slums of Rio, the favelas… a place of kid gangs.
      Jax and Riley enlist a gang leader – VITOR, 20’s, streets are his school, to use his weapons and knowledge to go after Dutch. Unfortunately for Jax and Riley, Dutch has an army and a mountain of money at his disposal.
      Jax and Riley must take on his army, trying to find Adriana and keeping their old bosses black ops soldiers from taking them out. They do all this, while keeping Rodrigo safe and giving each other a very hard time. They are soldiers, they are friends, they are all they have left…