Movie: The Paralytic

Top 8 Billed Cast

Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Carpenter

Poppy Drayton
Poppy Drayton

Charlotte

Pippa Bennett-Warner
Pippa Bennett-Warner

Isla

Oliver Trevena
Oliver Trevena

Agent Hall

Edmund Kingsley
Edmund Kingsley

Kane

Henning Baum
Henning Baum

Johan Nomski

Jazz Lintott
Jazz Lintott

PC Wayne Johnson

John Booker
John Booker

PC Harry Johnson

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    A neuroscientist tortured by sleep paralysis goes to extreme lengths to test his controversial device that could either reverse paralysis or kill the patient.

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