The movie is pretty well-acted, but the story is not original and the plot twist is not exciting.
To begin with, the story is some patchwork version of just about any of the more "shocking" plot devices you've seen in soap operas: mistaken identities, incest, murder, skeletons in the closet, etc... The only difference is that this soap opera is set in "Trailer Park, Texas."
spoilers to follow
As for the "plot twist," it's no twist at all for it revolves about something that anyone should see coming.
Throughout the whole movie the police are investigating the murder at the bar. The action involves Phillipe, Savage & Kinski, but we keep hearing about the investigation. You HAVE to know there's going to be a connection. And you HAVE to know that Savage's character is going to be proven the villain; there's no other option.
Furthermore, the reason that this movie isn't good at all,is that none of the character work comes to anything, which is to say this: The acting is fine and very believable, creating some very full, 3-dimensional characters. However, all of it is undermined by the cheezy plot device that most all the other comments on this page praise as the "marvelous plot twist."
Bluntly put, we know that Ray West is a bad man; we know that all the characters are affected negatively by him; he's already enough of a monster. Consequently, there is no need to turn him into a literal monster. It undermines him as a character, and it undermines everyone else.
To begin with, the story is some patchwork version of just about any of the more "shocking" plot devices you've seen in soap operas: mistaken identities, incest, murder, skeletons in the closet, etc... The only difference is that this soap opera is set in "Trailer Park, Texas."
spoilers to follow
As for the "plot twist," it's no twist at all for it revolves about something that anyone should see coming.
Throughout the whole movie the police are investigating the murder at the bar. The action involves Phillipe, Savage & Kinski, but we keep hearing about the investigation. You HAVE to know there's going to be a connection. And you HAVE to know that Savage's character is going to be proven the villain; there's no other option.
Furthermore, the reason that this movie isn't good at all,is that none of the character work comes to anything, which is to say this: The acting is fine and very believable, creating some very full, 3-dimensional characters. However, all of it is undermined by the cheezy plot device that most all the other comments on this page praise as the "marvelous plot twist."
Bluntly put, we know that Ray West is a bad man; we know that all the characters are affected negatively by him; he's already enough of a monster. Consequently, there is no need to turn him into a literal monster. It undermines him as a character, and it undermines everyone else.