Trailer for Cuba Gooding Jr.’s Bayou Caviar full of sex, murder, and revenge

Last Updated on July 30, 2021

Recent years have seen Cuba Gooding Jr. regaining some of his former spark and winning critical praise with his roles in American Crime Story: The People vs. O.J. Simpson, SELMA, and American Horror Story, but the actor is set to make his directorial debut with BAYOU CAVIAR, a thrilling story of sex, murder, and revenge. Gooding Jr. also stars in the film as Rodney Jones, a former boxing champion who desires to reclaim former glories after spending years as a night club bouncer. After witnessing the murder of his boss, Jones is forced into the employ of a Russian mob boss played by Richard Dreyfuss.

The official synopsis for BAYOU CAVIAR:

Oscar® winner Cuba Gooding Jr.’s directorial debut, is a thrilling story of sex, murder, and revenge set in Louisiana. A Russian gangster (Oscar® winner, Richard Dreyfuss) engages Rodney (Gooding Jr.), a former boxer, to take down his associate’s son-in-law via a salacious tape made by photographer, Nic (Famke Janssen, X-Men Days of Future Past). The film also stars Katharine McPhee (“Scorpion”), Ken Lerner (“The Goldbergs”), and Lia Marie Johnson (American Wrestler: The Wizard).

BAYOU CAVIAR will be released in select theaters and on VOD on October 5, 2018.

Source: Gravitas Ventures

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