Following a horrible crime, an honest man, also a member of a violent family, has no option but to face the family’s long feud.
The beauty of American independent cinema! How many times have in praised XYZ Films and IFC, I’ve lost count. So, right off the bat, you get to know the history of the drug family in Arkansas, and then you experience the real animal skinning (that matters more than you think) in a way that most of us have not experienced before. Immediately after, the tone is set and established in prison. The drama, though… the drama that follows sets in motion all the gears of revenge and rage the Frost family will unleash against one another.
Writer/director John-Michael Powell does an excellent job of eliciting fear from people meant to elicit fear. A fantastic job making revenge taste bitter and disgusting. And an amazing job making you want to know what is going to happen next. The story is fascinating, the script is tight, the music is utterly befitting, the editing creates the perfect pace and rhythm while setting up the intended tone, and the acting is exactly what it should be. Billy Magnussen, Kate Burton, James Badge Dale, Alexandra Shipp, Vassiliki Ellwood Yagazis, Nick Stahl and the rest of the cast perform brilliantly and offer a cinematically realistic representation of the events of 1992.
There is drama and action throughout, along with raw, brutal moments. The climax, though, will blow you out of the park! Highly recommended for all American independent cinema lovers and every cinemagoer out there.
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