Shia LaBeouf says from now on he's only working with friends
VENICE, Italy (AP) — Shia LaBeouf says his new film, "Man Down," helped him get back on track.
The actor plays a traumatized U.S. Marine searching for his estranged wife and son after cataclysm strikes in the thriller "Man Down," which is competing in the Venice Film Festival's Horizons section for new discoveries.
Despite its blood-and-guts drama, LaBoeuf and director Dito Montiel say "Man Down" isn't a war story, but the tale of a man trying to get his son back — almost a post-apocalyptic "Kramer vs. Kramer."
It's LaBeouf's second film with director Montiel, after 2006 drama "A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints," and he says the script came at exactly the right time.