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John Hawkes, Octavia Spencer, Robert Forster, Anthony Anderson, Clifton Collins Jr., Michael Vartan, Daniel Sunjata, James Lafferty, Jeremy Ratchford (more)Plots(1)
Ex-cop Mike Kendall (John Hawkes) discovers the body of a young woman and, in an act of self-redemption, becomes hellbent on finding the killer. While his un-couth and quirky detective style helps break open the case, his dogged determination unwittingly puts his sister (Octavia Spencer) and best friend (Anthony Anderson) in danger. (South by Southwest Film Festival)
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A surprisingly great and gritty crime thriller with an excellent John Hawks. The story revolves around an ex-cop with a drinking problem who can't find any work. Everything changes when he finds a half-dead prostitute on the side of the road and decides to take the case on his own, putting himself and his loved ones at risk, as a pair of professional killers are on his tail. The film has a great pace, very nice retro visuals of the local backwater, the main character and his desire to become a cop again is perfect, and of course there is room for blood and one excellent brutal shootout at the end. I wasn't expecting much, but I got a very enjoyable and uncompromising old-school flick. 75%
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