This feels just as bleak as Last Emperor or Interstellar but it clocks in at a snappy hour and a half so it's already an improvement.Dwight (Macon Blair) has been living on the streets for a long time. He receives news that his parents' murderer, Wade Cleland (Sandy Barnett), has been released from prison and immediately ditches everything, buys a map, and sets out on a mission of vengeance.
It's a very pared down movie that reminded me of Winter's Bone. There's the same kind of harsh clarity of purpose, backwoods family drama vibe. It's almost Shakespearian. I don't think it will unseat Winter's Bone as my frame of reference, though. It just doesn't feel like it had the same stakes. It's currently streaming on Netflix if you feel like giving it a shot.
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