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Hollywood icon John Travolta stars as a local sheriff fighting to keep the peace in the action thriller Mob Land, and we have an exclusive clip. The film follows a desperate family man who robs a pill mill, alerting the revenge-seeking enforcer of the New Orleans mafia. Mob Land is scheduled for a digital release today.

Hollywood icon John Travolta stars as a local sheriff fighting to keep the peace in this exclusive clip from the action thriller, Mob Land, which is scheduled for a digital release today. Coming courtesy of Saban Films, Mob Land (which was previously titled American Metal) finds Travolta doing his best to fight the good fight when a desperate family man robs a pill mill with his reckless brother-in-law. Alerting the New Orleans mafia's revenge-seeking enforcer. You can check out our exclusive clip from Mob Land below.

The official synopsis for Mob Land reads as...

A drag strip racer desperate for cash and his reckless brother-in-law pay the price for robbing a small town pill mill. Mob Land aims to be a gritty crime thriller and social commentary on the ravages of the opiod epidemic. It does neither well in a convoluted plot with an ensemble cast of Hollywood veterans sporting Southern twangs. None of the characters are believable once the premise takes hold. Keystone cops bumble about while bodies fill the morgue. Anyone with a junior detective badge could have solved the initial crime and stopped the bloody aftermath.

Shelby Connors (Shiloh Fernandez) revs his hot rod at the local drag strip. The mechanic swallows medication to stop his shaking hands. The crowd roars as the cars rocket off the line with burnt rubber and smoke. Shelby returns to his rural Mississippi house. He works on an engine in the barn with his young daughter,...