The movie opens with Luke Cain (Robert Patrick of Terminator 2) watching a woman swinging her daughter. They are creeped out by him. A patrol car (one with the means to kill a T-1000) stops by and Cain vanishes. Cain wanders through a small town and buys a locket at a pawn shop. He has few speaking lines. His mannerism are mildly coarse.
The scene shifts to a young girl, Emily (Mika Boorem) on line with someone named "Lonewolf" who appears to be an Internet predator, who she plans to meet unbeknownst to her caring mother, Sarah (Samantha Mathis) the town's bartender who has to work a double shift leaving Emily time to visit Lone Wolf at a cafe in a nearby town. Lone Wolf is her estranged father who "ran with a rough crowd." Emily uses an old yellow rotor dial phone and a laptop computer.
The movie shifts to a subplot as Wayne (Robert Englund playing a bad guy!) and Lyle (Lance Henriksen) kill a man who stole money from them. The bad guys drive an old brown Cadillac and go out for coffee (minus Lyle).
Everyone is headed to Rose's cafe run by eavesdropping Rose (Kathy Baker), with Hec (Hal Holbrook) as a delightfully feisty 81 year old cook who wants to marry Rose. At the cafe there is an altercation between Cain and the bad guys. After which Cain meets his daughter. As it turns out Cain, who was a badman, stole money from fellow crook and his boss Lyle in order to fund an experimental heart operation for Emily. He has been on the lam for 15 years and now things are coming to a climax at Rose's Cafe.
The movie first builds character and gives us the background information in an entertaining fashion, then the expected drama and action. Mika Boorem gives us an academy award type performance as the daughter. She manages to stand out in a sea of fine actors. Filmed in Bangor, Pa.
The movie is big on character build-up and drama. It is light on action. It is about a father's love and sacrifice for his estranged family and trying to make things right.
The scene shifts to a young girl, Emily (Mika Boorem) on line with someone named "Lonewolf" who appears to be an Internet predator, who she plans to meet unbeknownst to her caring mother, Sarah (Samantha Mathis) the town's bartender who has to work a double shift leaving Emily time to visit Lone Wolf at a cafe in a nearby town. Lone Wolf is her estranged father who "ran with a rough crowd." Emily uses an old yellow rotor dial phone and a laptop computer.
The movie shifts to a subplot as Wayne (Robert Englund playing a bad guy!) and Lyle (Lance Henriksen) kill a man who stole money from them. The bad guys drive an old brown Cadillac and go out for coffee (minus Lyle).
Everyone is headed to Rose's cafe run by eavesdropping Rose (Kathy Baker), with Hec (Hal Holbrook) as a delightfully feisty 81 year old cook who wants to marry Rose. At the cafe there is an altercation between Cain and the bad guys. After which Cain meets his daughter. As it turns out Cain, who was a badman, stole money from fellow crook and his boss Lyle in order to fund an experimental heart operation for Emily. He has been on the lam for 15 years and now things are coming to a climax at Rose's Cafe.
The movie first builds character and gives us the background information in an entertaining fashion, then the expected drama and action. Mika Boorem gives us an academy award type performance as the daughter. She manages to stand out in a sea of fine actors. Filmed in Bangor, Pa.
The movie is big on character build-up and drama. It is light on action. It is about a father's love and sacrifice for his estranged family and trying to make things right.