Director Sam Hargrave breaks down the lengths he went to for the film’s epic 12-minute action sequence.

“What the heck were you thinking, you crazy son of a gun?!”

“Joe knows action and big action, so when he wrote it it was huge.

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How do you do that without intercutting to those different characters?

We shot the whole thing in Ahmedabad, India, but there were a number of different locations.

Like Rake’s car, for example, there were five different cars.

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So all those details had to be worked out ahead of time.

So, technically, it was one of the most intense physical sequences I’ve ever done.”

“Truthfully, probably my own sense of perfection was a challenge,” admits Hargrave.

1 original film of all-time.

I still pinch myself.

That’s why I’m in the business.

As a film director, you’re free to’t ask for much more than that."