Dwight is a dishevelled drifter living in his car. Cops tell him that the man who murdered his parents 20 years ago, Wade Cleland, has just been released from prison. Dwight heads out to get revenge, kick starting a spiralling turn of violent events which will escalate beyond anybody's control...
From Jeremy Saulnier, the director of the truly genius "Green Room", this is something of an old school revenge thriller focused on detail and grittier, more realistic matters. Characters have to work out how to treat themselves, violence is messy and chaotic, people miss, revenge begets revenge. At its core it's a depressing story about family, buoyed by performances and darkly Coen-esque humour throughout. Macon Blair (Saulnier's frequent collaborator, who played one of the skinheads in "Green Room") is excellent, and this movie is just a tense, atmospheric tour de force I can highly recommend.
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