In Star
City, Arkansas, a family is slaughtered along with a local drug
dealer by a couple of unscrupulous thugs and a young woman who
disagrees with their extremes but fears for her life. A couple of
LAPD detectives arrive on the scene, which pleases the local police
chief who is starstruck by the big city cops. Things become more
complicated when feelings resurface between the woman and police
chief from an even which happened over fours years before.
ONE FALSE
MOVE is an engrossing small budget crime noir picture with impressive
debuts all around, specifically by writer-costar Billy Bob Thornton.
The main cast is quite good in their respective roles, especially
considering Paxton is the only veteran actor in the lot. Director
Franklin makes great use of a subdued score, and while he doesn't
really handle the main shootout well, the dramatic scenes between the
characters are very realistic and riveting, with a particularly
disturbing scene of murders in the beginning. Who says you need a
huge budget with superstars to make a good cop flick?
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