This is one of those movies that suffers from...lack of marketing. Maybe it made the Laemmle rounds, I don't know but if not, it sure should have. It will, of course, scare away a certain class of people who will not want to hear the harsh reality of living in certain cities and their domains. This is also one of those movies that nail the case for story and character both of which are in abundance in this film. (BTW, the tech specs say it was shot on a GH4 which is certainly capable of a much better image; I suspect the filmmakers wanted the look the movie has and I have to agree: I'm not sure brilliant colors would work.) The two main characters have relatively limited experience but are a phenomenal duo here. The twists and turns are well motivated as is the red herring in the character of Rio. Highly recommended if you are in the mood for a gritty well done exchange of viewpoints.
9 Reviews
OK, but not great
texan27028-792-8830025 September 2017
It's an OK, movie. I watched via Amazon Prime, so I was only out my time for watching. Worth seeing if you don't have to pay and you don't have anything else to do, or if you want to get out of the 'honey- do' list. A few things I noticed that I couldn't get past.
1. The tree that fell on the city boy was clean cut and it was supposed to have just fallen. At least attempt to make it look like it fell on it's own.
2. Out of all the trees in the woods this takes place in, city boy happens to be next to the one that falls. Umm ..... I've got a hard time with this point.
3. After the tree fell, city boy tried to dig out his leg from under the tree with a rock and a stick, yet he brought a shovel to bury the man he shot. Really?? Just have the hunter dig your leg out from under the tree with the shovel. I guess if he would have done that, it would have been a short movie.
The dialog between the 2 was decent. City life vs. Country life. Growing up in the city vs. Growing up in the country. My beliefs vs.your beliefs. Should the hunter run and risk being shot, and if city boy shoots the hunter then he's stuck under the tree with no one to help in sight. Interesting.
A movie needs to make me believe that the events really happened for me to enjoy it or get something out of it. Because of the 3 points above, my opinion is that the events could have and should have occurred differently. Like I said, it was an OK movie, but it could have been better.
1. The tree that fell on the city boy was clean cut and it was supposed to have just fallen. At least attempt to make it look like it fell on it's own.
2. Out of all the trees in the woods this takes place in, city boy happens to be next to the one that falls. Umm ..... I've got a hard time with this point.
3. After the tree fell, city boy tried to dig out his leg from under the tree with a rock and a stick, yet he brought a shovel to bury the man he shot. Really?? Just have the hunter dig your leg out from under the tree with the shovel. I guess if he would have done that, it would have been a short movie.
The dialog between the 2 was decent. City life vs. Country life. Growing up in the city vs. Growing up in the country. My beliefs vs.your beliefs. Should the hunter run and risk being shot, and if city boy shoots the hunter then he's stuck under the tree with no one to help in sight. Interesting.
A movie needs to make me believe that the events really happened for me to enjoy it or get something out of it. Because of the 3 points above, my opinion is that the events could have and should have occurred differently. Like I said, it was an OK movie, but it could have been better.
Okay for Low Budget Movie
gpetrikgman19 June 2020
I have to agree with Texan on most counts. I, too, can not figure out why they didn't just take the shovel and dig a hole under Young Tony's foot. If they had at least tried that and hit a big rock it would have been more credible.
Not bad at all
Phil_Chester4 December 2018
Technically inaccurate ...
scott-smith-1526 September 2020
ridiculous
imcountry14 June 2019
Warning: Spoilers
The movie itself had a good plot, the acting fairly good, my problem with the movie was the fact that the guys leg could have been dug out from under the fallen tree with the shovel that he brought along with him to bury the body
It was very hard to continue watching the movie with that fact in the back of my head, and was even worse when near the end they chose to cut his damn leg off,
This made this one of the worse movies i've ever seen !!!
A different perspective
harryhoustonastros2 March 2019
Just watched this on amazon prime earlier, so here's my thoughts..
I'm reviewing this from the perspective of a micro budget movie. I applaud the filmmakers for creating a feature on such a low budget, however, it certainly has a lot of flaws (mostly due to the budget-not the talent involved)
Honestly, the acting, directing, and script were overall fairly decent. Not too many complaints in that department. Everything felt believable and the scenario was interesting.
But....the production quality looked extremely cheap. Once again, a lot of micro budget movies look this way, but it's definitely hard to mentally get past this in a cheap made movie like this. Sometimes it didn't appear as if anything was even edited or color graded. It looks as if the shots were taken directly from the camera, put into the editing system, and that was it. Now I could be totally WRONG about this, I'm just saying how it looked in my mind.
I feel like with a bigger budget, these guys could probably make some nice films though
I'm reviewing this from the perspective of a micro budget movie. I applaud the filmmakers for creating a feature on such a low budget, however, it certainly has a lot of flaws (mostly due to the budget-not the talent involved)
Honestly, the acting, directing, and script were overall fairly decent. Not too many complaints in that department. Everything felt believable and the scenario was interesting.
But....the production quality looked extremely cheap. Once again, a lot of micro budget movies look this way, but it's definitely hard to mentally get past this in a cheap made movie like this. Sometimes it didn't appear as if anything was even edited or color graded. It looks as if the shots were taken directly from the camera, put into the editing system, and that was it. Now I could be totally WRONG about this, I'm just saying how it looked in my mind.
I feel like with a bigger budget, these guys could probably make some nice films though
Possible interesting story BUT
co677912 November 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Possible interesting story "BUT" wow this is aimed at folks without any knowledge of simple things in life.
The tree was maybe 2-3k pounds explain how it landed on his lower leg and not his head or shoulder after all people walk upright? I have logged a few years that's impossible UNLESS he was he taking a nap? The tree looked to be cut with a chainsaw.
The .45 for the folks not in the know is almost like .5 which is a half inch for example like the diameter of AA battery not the 177cal BB / Pellet gun the boy had, look at the tiny little hole in the end of that pistol.
I would of thought average self preservation would of worked that leg back and forth till the dirt was displaced enough to slide leg out or the stick would of sufficed to dig the need clearance.
Enjoyed story some but this was written by someone without the knowledge of common things - wife & I are both avid comp shooters & I hunt all my life, that bow was like a antique from the 70s? and no release!!! please what is that like a 20lb draw bow laughing.
Worth a watch on prime if nothing else to kill some coronavirus time.
Enjoy the conversation forget the visual its just there to add to feel while not realistic it works.
The tree was maybe 2-3k pounds explain how it landed on his lower leg and not his head or shoulder after all people walk upright? I have logged a few years that's impossible UNLESS he was he taking a nap? The tree looked to be cut with a chainsaw.
The .45 for the folks not in the know is almost like .5 which is a half inch for example like the diameter of AA battery not the 177cal BB / Pellet gun the boy had, look at the tiny little hole in the end of that pistol.
I would of thought average self preservation would of worked that leg back and forth till the dirt was displaced enough to slide leg out or the stick would of sufficed to dig the need clearance.
Enjoyed story some but this was written by someone without the knowledge of common things - wife & I are both avid comp shooters & I hunt all my life, that bow was like a antique from the 70s? and no release!!! please what is that like a 20lb draw bow laughing.
Worth a watch on prime if nothing else to kill some coronavirus time.
Enjoy the conversation forget the visual its just there to add to feel while not realistic it works.
So bad you have to watch
mark-5569711 March 2019
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