Directed by Mark Lambert Bristol   Written by Julie B. Denny ... screenplay Cole Thompson ... novel "Chocolate Lizards" Cast Thomas Haden Church ... Merle Rudy Pankow ... Erwin Vandeveer Carrie-Anne Moss ... Faye Bruce Dern ... Scheermeyer AnnaClare Hicks ... Shay Tatum David DeLao ... Mule Selase Botchway ... Big Gus Jake Ryan ... Chad Ronson Mark Nutter ... Don Brock Brad Leland ... Max Dugan Julio Cesar Cedillo ... Sheriff Nall (as Julio Cedillo) Vivi Thai ... First Assistant Director Jordan Hunter Jones ... Special Effects Tech (as Jordan Jones) Brian Villalobos ... Simon Sarah J. Bartholomew ... Tara Lane Coy Sevier ... Moose Ashley Ella Park ... Candice Jennifer Griffin ... Martha Hilliard Jessica Irvine Drake ... Roxie E.A. Castillo ... Security Guard Robert Ashker Kraft ... Sun Pride #1 (as Robert Kraft) David Denney ... Virgil Scott Lawson ... Dash Roundrock Elizabeth Maxwell ... Vera (voice) Bill Mellor ... Colorado Bill Luis Olmeda ... Surly Bob Walt Roberts ... Mr. Stevens Charles Seafous ... Frank Beau Smith ... Sun Pride Oil #2 Mike Truesdale ... Guru Dan Wally Welch ... Barry Ramsey Uncredited Cast Kasey Bass ... Beautiful Woman Tatiana Belenky ... Film set crew member Dave Bodenbender ... Office Worker Brady Box ... Young Merle Carlton Caudle ... Floyd Jarrod Dixon ... Construction Worker Ivan Jacobs ... Diner Jason Neal James ... Seedy Guy Jack Leblond ... Cecil Thomas Tracey Lee ... Office worker Stevie Marceaux ... Talent Agent J.J. Summers ... Max's driver Martha Van Garza ... Scripty Heath Young ... Diner patron Produced by Mark Lambert Bristol ... producer Thomas Haden Church ... co-producer David Denney ... co-producer Julie B. Denny ... producer Michael B. Denny ... executive producer Melissa Kirkendall ... producer Koen Wooten ... producer Original Music by Carl Thiel   Special Effects by Chris Bailey ... special effects coordinator Chad Ball ... pyrotechnician Jessamy Cook-Tate Ferretti ... special effects assistant Ricky Pratt ... special effects foreman Brian Smith ... special effects technician Visual Effects by Rafael Villafane Cuesta ... visual effects artist Chloe Gray ... opening credit sequence / visual effects artist Nate Hardy ... compositing supervisor Wes Meyers ... visual effects supervisor Robert Reynolds ... cg supervisor Logan Sayres ... CG Generalist: Burning Tractor Diane Testa ... visual effects producer Shannon Thomas ... digital compositor Stunts Nick Epper ... stunt double: Don James Wiley Fowler ... stunts Justin Hall ... Stunt double: Chad Jeff Schwan ... stunt coordinator

Additional Info Premiere: April 29, 2023 Theatrical Release: March 08, 2024 Country: Distributor: Sony Home Entertainment Websites: Alternate Titles Chocolate Lizards Distributors Roadside Attractions   (2024) (United States) (theatrical) Rating Stats Overall Rating 6.0 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #11,700 / 21,208 Site Ranking #11,696 Problem Child: Season 2 (1994) #11,697 Problem Child: Season 1 (1993) #11,698 Virgin Cheerleaders In Chains (2018) #11,699 National Lampoon's Lost Reality 2 (2005) #11,700 Accidental Texan (2023) #11,701 WWF: King Of The Ring 1997 (1997) #11,702 Jake's Road (2014) #11,703 Axe To Grind (2015) #11,704 Omen (2003)