Director Ángel Manuel Soto admits that when the script first landed in his inbox, he didn’t even realise Momoa and Bautista were attached. “I was able to do a buddy action movie that I’ve always wanted to do,” Soto says, “but it had a lot of heart. “There’s not too many people in the industry that are big guys that can fight, that can really, really act and kind of go there,” he says. “There’s a lot of heart, a lot of action.” Momoa goes further. “A lot of guys have told me, ‘I didn’t expect to be moved watching an action movie,’” he says.