Mick Jagger’s name might pop up in songs now and again (always a plus when it rhymes with ‘swagger’), but movie roles are few and far between.

In fact, his role in The Burnt Orange Heresy is his first film role in almost two decades, since starring in the 2001 drama The Man from Elysian Fields.

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released his latest effort on digital, DVD, and Blu-ray platforms two days ago (August 25), in case you’re desperate for some Mick in your life.

Via Billboard, a little on the plot:

The Rolling Stones frontman stars as Joseph Cassidy in the neo-noir thriller film The Burnt Orange Heresy alongside Donald Sutherland, Claes Bang and Elizabeth Debicki.

The Burnt Orange Heresy follows a washed-up European art critic James Figueras (Bang) and his American tourist lover (Debicki) who travel to the lavish Lake Como, where a greedy art dealer Cassidy (Jagger) requests Figueras to steal a painting from the legendary reclusive artist Jerome Debney (Sutherland).

There’s a joke in there about the Rolling Stones’ song, ‘Paint it Black’, but we’re better than that.

Let’s see the trailer:

When discussing his character, Jagger said he “kind of suited me, and he was a kind of charming rather malignant person…quite a bit crooked, he’s very invasive of other people”.

As things stand, IMDb has a rather mediocre rating of 5,8, with a 65% rotten rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and some middling reviews.

Still, it does have Mick Jagger, so there’s that.

[source:billboard]