Michael Jai White Action Thriller FALCON RISING Coming to Netflix 1/4

Freestyle Digital Media (FDM) announced today that their Brazilian-set action thriller "Falcon Rising" will be available on Netflix starting January 4th, 2015. The film, which stars Michael Jai White (THE DARK KNIGHT, SPAWN), Laila Ali ("American Gladiators," "Daddy's Girl") and Neal McDonough ("Justified," MINORITY REPORT), was produced by Etchie Stroh and Shahar Stroh, and directed by Ernie Barbarash.

John "Falcon" Chapman, is an ex-marine anti-hero plagued with a terrible secret consuming him with guilt. On the self-destructive edge, he learns his sister Cindy (Laila Ali) has been brutally beaten in the slums or "favelas" of Brazil and travels there to hunt down her attackers. In the process he discovers an underground world of drugs, prostitution, and police corruption ruled by the Japanese mafia and protected by the powerful Hirimoto (Masashi Odate, THE LAST SAMURAI). With incredible fight sequences and edge of your seat action, FALCON RISING is an in your face thrill-ride introducing America's newest action hero.

Freestyle, in association with Cinelou, currently has CAKE with SAG Award and Golden Globe Award-nominee Jennifer Anniston playing in theaters nationwide. Recent Freestyle titles include the box office hit GOD'S NOT DEAD, LEFT BEHIND starring Nicolas Cage, TIGER EYES, the first big screen adaptation of a Judy Blume novel starring Willa Holland, the SXSW festival favorite FUNERAL KINGS from the McManus Brothers.

About Freestyle Digital Media
Freestyle Digital Media, LLC was launched in November 2011 by CEO Susan Jackson, Co-President and founder of independent theatrical distributor Freestyle Releasing, LLC and North American sales company Turtles Crossing, LLC, and by Freestyle Releasing co-founder and President Mark Borde. Freestyle Digital Media supplies quality commercial film and TV content directly to all US VOD/SVOD rental DVD/Kiosks and theaters using the latest cloud-based technologies to automate digital workflow. Freestyle's goal is to provide fresh, well-marketed product and stay on the cutting edge of the ever-compressing windows to ensure that their partners benefit from a platform that delivers an anytime-anywhere capability in the medium of their choice and a positive digital viewing experience on any device in any location.