This indie thriller marries hushed suspense with a streak of dark humor, following two damaged souls across a city slipping into neglect. Simon McNally (Jack Quaid), managed by medication and haunted by vivid visions, becomes the sole witness to a daylight abduction.

His pleas to Detective Glover fall on deaf ears, leaving him stranded on the edge of disbelief. He turns to Ed Deerman (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), a retired security guard with a roving temper and a decorated past, who reluctantly agrees to help.

Set against the peeling facades of Birmingham, Alabama, every boarded-up storefront and rusted fence mirrors the internal outposts these men occupy: isolation, regret and a stubborn hunger for redemption. DeeDee (Malin Åkerman), Simon’s sister and caregiver, anchors his reality with compassion and unspoken fear.

Alone, Simon’s reality trembles; paired with Ed, his fractured perception finds new angles. The true magnet here lies in that alliance: two outsiders,...