Cross is a 2011 American action fantasy film written by Patrick Durham, John Sachar, and Tanner Wiley. It was released direct-to-video.
A sequel called Cross Wars was released in 2017, and a third film Cross: Rise Of The Villains was released in 2019.
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Plot
Given incredible power by an ancient Celtic Cross, Callan along with the help of weapon experts Riot, Backfire, War, Lucia and Shark battle an unstoppable evil empire led by Erlik in the city of Los Angeles. When an ancient Viking called Gunnar, comes to town in search of blood, Callan must stop him before he destroys the world. Erlik and his men Saw, London gangster English and Slag aided by the evil Doctor aim to defeat Callan by helping Gunnar. Detective Nitti plans to find Callan and his team before they do his job for him.
Cast
Brian Austin Green as Callan
Patrick Durham as "War"
Michael Clarke Duncan as Erlik
John Sachar as "Shark"
Tom Sizemore as Detective Nitti
Vinnie Jones as Gunnar
William Zabka as "Saw"
Robert Carradine as "Greek"
Lori Heuring as Lucia
Tim Abell as "Riot"
Jake Busey as "Backfire"
Gianni Capaldi as English
C. Thomas Howell as Jake
Susie Abromeit as "Sunshine"
Danny Trejo as Lexavier
Roman Mitichyan as Ara
Tanner Wiley as the Deviant
Andre Gordon as Ranger
Branden Cook as "Slag"
Judy Marie Durham as April
Reception
Cross received generally negative reviews. IGN gave the film an "Awful" rating of 3/10, while DVD Talk's review recommended to "Skip it". CineMagazine gave the film 1 star.