Los Angeles, Feb 2 (IANS): Actors Mel Gibson and Vince Vaughn will join hands to play suspended officers in upcoming film "Dragged Across Concrete", a crime thriller about police brutality.

The movie is directed by S. Craig Zahler.

Gibson and Vaughn will play police officers, who are suspended when a video of their strong-arm tactics gets wide attention. They then descend into the criminal underworld to exact vengeance, reports variety.com.

Vaughn starred as a sergeant in "Hacksaw Ridge", which was directed by Gibson.

"‘Dragged Across Concrete' is best suited to my goal of making a heartfelt, surprising, sad, funny, shocking, and memorable world with multiple viewpoints," Zahler said.

"As is often the case in my novels and screenplays, the protagonists are in perilous circumstances against which they struggle in different and surprising -- though logical -- ways. I am absolutely thrilled to have Mel and Vince agree to play the lead roles," he added.