Pickings

Mar 2, 2018

1h 43m

★ 5.9

They fu#ked with the wrong woman!

Overview

When a short-tempered mobster and his gang of thugs try to shake down a neighborhood bar, they're soon confronted with the wrath of its owner - a mysterious southern mother with a dangerous past.

Genres

Thriller

Action

Crime

Drama

Mystery

Production Companies

Dark Passage Films

Digital Magic Entertainment

Visuals by Cleverchimp

Pickings Trailers

Cast

Jo Lee-Haywood

Elyse Price

Scarlet Lee-Haywood

Katie Vincent

Marvin Lee-Haywood

Taso Mikroulis

Boone Pickens

Joel Bernard

May Pickens

Lynne Jordan

Doris Pickens

Michelle Holland

Jimmy Marcone

Joe Trombino

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