The UB Interview + Preview: Cast + Director Talk ‘Hunting Jessica Brok’

The South African Action-Thriller “Hunting Jessica Brok” hits theaters this Friday February 13th, 2026 via Quiver

UB spoke with director Alastair Orr and stars Danica Jones and Anthony Oseyemi.

“Hunting Jessica Brok” is an excellent action film, that viewers are sure to enjoy!

A thriller that pulls you in, and demonstrates phenomenal performances by the cast.

She was a ghost. A knife in boots. Special forces-trained, war-tested, emotionally cauterized.

Once upon a time, Jessica Brok had a name that meant death in several dialects.

Then she went off-grid. Vanished. She renamed herself Linda. Got a kid. A dusty little house. A vulture rescue center.

Because nothing screams emotional healing like feeding dead rats to scavengers. She thought she was done being a weapon. She thought wrong.

Enter Daniel. Ex-lover. Ex-comrade. Ex-everything. Long presumed dead, now resurrected in her driveway with a bullet wound and a story soaked in blood. He says they’re coming — the same men who trafficked children, murdered civilians, burned entire villages to hide the evidence.

The ones they didn’t kill the first time. Turns out, evil doesn’t die. It adapts. It evolves. And it has Jessica’s name on a list. What follows is a sun-scorched fever dream of violence. Jessica is dragged back into the kill-or-be-killed ballet she thought she’d retired from.

Only this time she’s slower, rustier, with a daughter who might become collateral damage. They take her. They torture her. They try to make her small again. They forget who she is. Bad idea. Jessica Brok is a chemical reaction.

Grief + Guilt + Training = Apocalypse. She peels off her motherhood like a skin she no longer fits in. She becomes the ghost again.

The shadow. The beast in the long grass. Armed with guilt and a knife, she unravels every inch of their outfit with the precision of someone who’s memorized anatomy from the inside out. Every scar she earns is a story. Every broken bone is an indictment.

Every death she delivers is a sacrament. The bush becomes a church, and she is the sermon — brutal, efficient, and unforgettable. By the end, the question isn’t whether she’ll survive — it’s whether the part of her that’s human ever comes back. Because some people go through hell.

Jessica Brok built a home there.

Starring; Danica Jones, Clyde Berning, and Richard Lukunku.

Executive Producer Joel Chikapa-Phiri, Tshepiso Chikapa-Phiri, Dan Jawitz, Ariye Mahdeb, Alastair Orr, and Johan Kruger.

Danica Jones and Anthony Oseyemi tell UB about the new film “Hunting Jessica Brok.”

They tell us about the film and the characters they portray.

Plus they share what they enjoyed most about shooting and more!

Director Alastair Orr spoke to UB about “Hunting Jessica Brok.”

He shares how he got involved in the film and his experience of working with the cast and more!

UrbanBridgez.com: I’m actually excited about your new film and to talk to you about it. So I’m going to have you start by telling everybody about the new film, “Hunting for Jessica Brock.”
Alastair Orr: Oh, you’re getting me to do the dirty work here, huh? So yeah, Hunting Jessica Brock is an exciting new action film shipped straight out of South Africa, coming to cinemas in America, and then streaming a couple of weeks later. It’s a movie that’s got a lot of guts, got a lot of heart, got a lot of blood and guts.

UrbanBridgez.com: What made you want to get involved in directing this film?
Alastair Orr: Oh man, I don’t know. It was always a dream, I guess, to do an action film like this with practical explosions, real gunfire. You know, this is the kind of stuff that I grew up on, and it was just something inside of me that needed to make this movie at least once in my life.

UrbanBridgez.com: Yeah, that’s real good. I grew up on those type of movies too, so I definitely know what you mean. And then talk a bit about the cast, because you have an amazing cast in this, and talk about the experience of working with them.
Alastair Orr: Yeah, I mean, these guys were like, I mean, obviously, when I say they embodied their characters, they didn’t become criminals and that kind of thing. But they were so passionate about this. You don’t get to make these movies in South Africa very often, and they all knew that. And they really, really threw everything they had at their roles. And they were just so excited to be on set the whole time that they were willing to do their own stunts. I mean, they were getting to blow stuff up. They were having the time of their lives while the crew behind the camera were stressing and having the most depressing time of their lives. So it was interesting. It was interesting. Real good.

UrbanBridgez.com: Sounds like it. And then I know it’s an action film and things of that nature, but if there was like a message or something once people watch the movie that you want them to take away from it, what would that be?
Alastair Orr: I don’t think there’s a message. I’m not going in there with any deep themes or life reflective moments. I just wanted to make a cool movie, razor thin script, good action. And I think that’s what we achieved. We obviously needed some kind of story and the engine of the story is the mother and daughter relationship. But yeah, don’t let your daughter get kidnapped, I guess, you know, like go through hell. No major themes, just a fun ride. Yeah, love it.

UrbanBridgez.com: So tell everybody in your own words why they need to go to theatres and check it out?
Alastair Orr: Well, it’s a big, loud movie. And if you’re going to sit at home and watch this while you’re scrolling Facebook or Instagram, you’re going to miss out on some really cool sequences. It’s visceral, few surprises. And yeah, I think you need to sit on as big a screen as possible. Like there’s so few movies made for the big screen anymore. And by no means am I saying that this is close to something like Avatar or Marvel film, but like, you know, it’s an indie film and yeah, it’s a unique experience. It’s an original enough concept, how it’s on IP. So there’s a lot of surprises in this. And I think you’d be rewarded for taking a risk on this film. I think it’s not exactly what you’re expecting. Yeah, definitely different, which is good.

UrbanBridgez.com: And before we wrap, is there anything else that you want to leave or share?
Alastair Orr: No, I just hope audiences give it a chance, embrace it. And yeah, just go in with an open mind and see what South Africa has to offer. Like, you know, we don’t serve up a lot of South African dishes that travel this far. So go in and see a foreign film that might not feel so foreign. You know, the language is action and that’s a universal language. Definitely.

UrbanBridgez.com:I definitely want to thank you and give you kudos for taking on this project. I know, again, when it’s different and it’s something like that, you know, there’s a risk. So kudos to you on that. And I look forward to what you do next.
Alastair Orr: Thanks, man. Thank you.