Thriller starring Michael C Hall, Sam Shepard and Don Johnson. Texas family man Richard Dane is awoken in the night by a noise in his house but while investigating, he accidentally shoots the unarmed intruder dead. It's deemed an act of self-defence but when Richard discovers the deceased is the son of notorious ex-con Ben Russell, he's forced to take extreme steps to protect his wife and son.
The cult crime novel by Joe R Lansdale is skilfully adapted by director Jim Mickle (Stake Land) and his regular screenwriting partner Nick Damici into noir-like cutting-edge pulp fiction. After accidentally killing an unarmed intruder, a small-town Texas family man (Dexter star Michael C Hall) must contend with the dead man's vengeful ex-con father (Sam Shepard), until both begin to suspect there's more going on than meets the eye, something of a much more shocking nature. Basking triumphantly in a 1980s setting, with mullet hairstyles and John Carpenter-styled synth score, this seedy hardcore thriller fires on all retro cylinders, with nods to the works of Walter Hill and Sam Peckinpah, and completely unexpected gruesome twists. With a firm grip on the genre-hopping tone of Lansdale's source material, and boosted by powerhouse performances from Hall, Shepard and Don Johnson (as a private eye), Mickle escalates the unconventional bloody suspense with one of the best-executed shoot-outs in recent memory.
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Richard Dane | Michael C Hall |
| Ben Russell | Sam Shepard |
| Jim Bob Luke | Don Johnson |
| Ann Dane | Vinessa Shaw |
| Freddy | Wyatt Russell |
| Lieutenant Ray Price | Nick Damici |
| Jack Crow | Lanny Flaherty |
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Director | Jim Mickle |
