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| Tequan Richmond | ... | ||
| April Yvette Thompson | ... |
Lee's Mother
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| Isaiah Washington | ... | ||
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Abner Expósito | ... |
John's Little Boy
(as Abner Exposito)
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Raúl Aquino | ... |
John's Bigger Boy
(as Raul Aquino)
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Laura Aquino | ... |
John's Little Girl
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| Cassandra Freeman | ... |
Angela
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| J.W. Cortes | ... |
Army Recruiter #1
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Maul Donte Davis | ... |
Army Recruiter #2
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Nick Soviecke | ... |
Recruit
(as Nicholas Soviecke)
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Margaret Horning | ... |
Recruit
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Anthony Mouras | ... |
Recruit
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Dexter Driscoll | ... |
Recruit
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| Tim Blake Nelson | ... | ||
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Bruce Kirkpatrick | ... |
Bartender
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An abandoned boy is lured to America and drawn into the shadow of a dangerous father figure. Inspired by the real life events that led to the 2002 Beltway sniper attacks.
The film begins where our two beltway killers meet and slowly become one in their hate and lust for murder. It is entirely speculative in its dialogue and development. The one thing I liked is that it was not acted like some Charlie Manson crazed mass killer. Nevertheless, the characters never really reach a believable characterization of the type of anti social personality disorder that makes it possible to behave in such a way. I would suppose that it would be hard for such a young writer to lose himself in such a mind as that.
The editing of this film is laughable and there really is no rhythm to the cutting, it jumps around which makes me think that the director was not experienced enough to get enough coverage. There is a lot of running through the forests, proclamations about why people are no good, but none of which have any impact or gives the feeling of menace. In fact, menace is lacking in every part of this film.
Any thought that there would be a payoff for the time spent watching this movie is lost with a uninteresting and boring final scene that could have been cut from the film without any consequence. I say skip this one...