Mob Land

This article is about the 2023 film. For the 2025 television series, see MobLand.

Mob Land is a 2023 American crime thriller film written and directed by Nicholas Maggio, in his feature film directorial debut. The film stars Shiloh Fernandez, Stephen Dorff, Ashley Benson, Kevin Dillon, and John Travolta. It was released by Saban Films on August 4, 2023.

Mob Land
Official release poster
Directed by	Nicholas Maggio
Screenplay by	Nicholas Maggio
Story by	Nicholas Maggio Rob Healy
Produced by	Corey Large Bernie Gewissler
Starring	Shiloh Fernandez Stephen Dorff Ashley Benson Kevin Dillon John Travolta
Cinematography	Nick Matthews
Edited by	Bryan Gaynor
Music by	David Gerald Steinberg
Production companies	308 Entertainment TPC Bondit Media Capital Grandave Capital
Distributed by	Saban Films
Release date	August 4, 2023 (2023-08-04)
Running time	111 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$171[2][3]

Premise

Deep in the heart of Dixie, in a small town struggling with the ravages of addiction, a local sheriff tries to maintain the peace when desperate family man Shelby robs a pill mill with his reckless brother-in-law, Trey, but the supposedly easy score takes a violent turn, alerting the New Orleans mafia's revenge-seeking enforcer, who threatens Shelby's wife and daughter.^[4]

Cast

• Shiloh Fernandez as Shelby Connors, Caroline's husband
• John Travolta as Bodie Davis, a local sheriff
• Kevin Dillon as Trey, Caroline's brother and Shelby's brother-in-law
• Stephen Dorff as Clayton Minor, an enforcer for the New Orleans mafia
• Ashley Benson as Caroline Connors, Shelby's wife
• Tia DiMartino as Mila Connors, Caroline and Shelby's daughter
• Timothy V. Murphy as Ben, a deputy
• Robert Miano as Ellis
• Debra Nelson as Ms. Whitney
• Emily Tremaine Fernandez as Casey

Production

In May 2022, John Travolta, Stephen Dorff, Ashley Benson, Kevin Dillon, and Shiloh Fernandez were announced to have starred in Nicholas Maggio's directorial debut film originally titled American Metal.^[5] Principal photography wrapped by May 2022 in Georgia.^[6] Saban Films bought the film's distribution rights during the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.^[7] The film was retitled to Mob Land.^[4]

Release

Mob Land was released by Saban Films on August 4, 2023.^[4][8][9]

Box office

As of October 7, 2023, Mob Land grossed $171, in the United Kingdom.^[2][3]

Critical reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 50% of 32 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.2/10. The website's consensus reads: "Game efforts from a solid cast make Mob Land more watchable than it might have been, but their work is often undermined by the movie's clichéd and convoluted plot."^[10] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 47 out of 100, based on 6 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.^[11]