While two brothers were out deer hunting Nate Towne (Spencer Treat Clark), the older of the two, accidentally shoots and kills Mayor Cavanaugh. Skylar (Nick Eversman) the younger of the siblings, opts to take the rap because he is a minor. Their father Bloom is the sheriff (Ted Levine) in a town that is literally owned by the Cavanaughs.To twist things more, the Mayor's wife insists young Skylar be tried as an adult. Nate, the trigger man, is the boyfriend of the Mayor's daughter he shot and the deputy (Martin Starr) is a Cavanaugh, who seems to be interested in real justice.The incident opens up a past sore, one unknown to the boys. Eventually the film becomes a man hunt for Butch and Sundance as one can deduce from the cover.The plot of the film is interesting and had enough complexity for a decent indie. Unfortunately it was not well developed. Likewise characters were never developed and the dialogue went through the motions. While things were happening on the screen, I found myself waiting to for this thing to end.Parental Guide: F-bombs. No sex or nudity.
... View MoreAfter watching this wonderful movie & totally disagreeing with the current rating of 5.0, it was incumbent upon me to write this review. Yes, family matters and in the end it truly did. The father's love for his boys, two brothers, shone through from beginning to end. However, I would be remiss if I did not single out the superb acting of the two lead young actors, Nicker Eversman(Skyler) and Spencer Treat Clark(Nate), both of whom, obviously have been cast in other movies, primarily due to their performance in this movie. The viewer can't help but be riveted by their acting but their gorgeous looks & bodies, especially the one scene in the back of a truck where a shirtless young boy emerged!! Their thrilling "escape journey" along with the cinematography made this movie a treat to watch. You have NOT seen the last of Nicker & Spencer, both of whom have done some TV work. Congrats guys!!
... View MoreYup, comments on this movie are all over the place, so let me clear up a few things.This is a low budget Indy film. A fairly simple story, small cast, local filming locations. The acting is awfully good, cinematography is crisp and beautifully shows the Northern California woodlands.Is the film perfect? No. Is it highly entertaining? Yes, indeed. Is it a feel-good package? Not even close. So ... it is an uncomplicated film with action, but character driven. I am quite comfortable recommending that people give this one a try.
... View MoreBeware of Spoilers all over this review... Hollywood is having creativity issues lately and this one shows it. Lets make hunting season for humans as it starts first and story just evolves around this idea. This happened before. Firstly it doesn't fit its genre. It's not a thriller, it's not a drama. Second, It's just a movie that nothing really is special. A LOT of nature view, trees and leaves almost cover quarter of it. When initial info's given to the viewers everything pretty much goes as same, nothing really happens you wouldn't think of except the part that we learn Nate did it on purpose. You keep hoping that dad would slip and go berserk for the revenge of his wife but no, he has as Nate's opinion "no balls". In fact if you look at the facts while you are watching the movie you get the idea that this movie ain't gonna meet your expectations. Father can't get to his sons while he is almost 20 meters away from them. You say to yourself if he can't do it now, he will do it at the grand finale then something will happen and a crappy ending i will face. You get this feeling at the half of the movie and you cannot stop watching when you watched half of a film do you? I already said it is a crappy ending nothing more need to be said about it. I hoped you watched the movie before reading this as it's full of spoilers but hey, you can't say you didn't warn.
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