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I’m drawing a blank. Most films I’d know what to start writing about, but there are so many good aspects of this film; the plot, the violence, the close calls, the acting, the climax.. that I don’t know where to start. Reading about the film, I immediately picked it up, and sat on it for about a week or two, waiting for the perfect time to watch it. That time was today, and I must say; I am blown away by this movie. The story follows a police officer named Dwayne Hopper, who’s family is falling apart after the kidnapping of his son Kyle ten years ago. Unable to let go, yet seemed to move on, Dwayne is a heavy drinker with thoughts of the past in his head; when his family was complete and life was good. At work one night, officer Hopper noticed strange similarities between a man in the holding cell and suspect who was never caught for the strain of 14 kidnappings in the town; including his son’s. Now, with a few drinks in him and mounting evidence that he is the one, Hopper takes Mr. Perkins back to his house where the secret is unlocked, and so are the victims of Mr. Perkins; a man who watched his parents get murdered and vowed to seek vengeance of the town who “moved on” from the case that ruined his life and left him alone. Putting the pieces together after it is too late, Hopper realizes there was nothing in common with the 14 children that were kidnapped, nothing except the fact that they were all taken from families that took part in Perkins’ suffering, and their children would grow up to be monsters responsible for the demise of the small town of Stone Cove. This film not only had me stuck to the TV while the disaster struck and the violence spree broke out; but long before then, when the film started and the dialogue suggested amazing scenes to follow shortly thereafter. The best film in the third annual After Dark Horrorfest (that I’ve seen so far), this film is one NOT to miss!!
Grodsky: Think of it as a mercy killing for a sick animal.
7/10
