Monday, February 23, 2015

Cold in July 2014


Cold in July


     This film is based on a novel by Joe Lansdale.  Ann Dane wakes up in her Texas home and tells her husband Richard that she hears someone in the house.  Richard gets up right away and he takes his gun from the closet.  When he enters the living room, he sees a man wearing a hoodie in the room.  The man shines a flashlight into Richard’s eyes and Richard fires the gun.  The man is dead and the police come to take statements.  A short time later, Russel comes to town and it was his son who died.  He wants to scare and enact vengeance upon the Dane family.  Russel is a murderous and dangerous ex-con.
     In the beginning, there are a lot of scary scenes and then they change to a mystery.  Richard and Ann are very worried about their young son.  They are afraid Russel will kidnap or kill him.  Russel shows up outside the school and their house is broken into.  The later scenes go beyond scary and are more than I wanted to know or see!!  I liked the beginning portion of this film but not the second half.  2*( (I didn’t like this movie)

109 min, Crime directed by Jim Mickle with Michael C. Hall, Don Johnson, Vinessa Shaw, Wyatt Russell, Sam Shepard, Bill Sage, Nick Damici.

Note:  Imdb 6.9 out of 10, 85% critic 68% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Roger Ebert 2*.
Special Note:  Maybe I was more interested in what was happening but I didn’t notice the retro details in this film?






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