A Single Shot (2013)

The film is dark and moody, some loosely refer to it as noir. The mountainous backwoods locations of West Virginia fit the films atmosphere perfectly. However, there's something very important missing.I've read a couple pages of reviews and am amazed not a single one even hinted at a huge plot piece missing from the film. The main character accidentally shoots a women while hunting, then discovers a large pile of cash in the hovel where she was staying in the woods. He hides the body and takes the money. Soon the bad guys come looking for it. One key question: why do they even suspect who did the killing and took the money? There's not a single mention of why they come after the killer. Did they see him shoot her? See him hide the money? Anything at all? Nothing. It's a large blank left unanswered and really left me flat. Thumbs way down.

So a bunch of white trash live in a little town and go after a hunter John Moon when he accidentally kills a woman. John sees that she has a huge load of cash in her car which he decides to take since he is desperate to hold on to his wife who has left with and she takes their son with him.The writing here is not good and the dialogue is just off in a few parts with some unnecessary vulgarity. Kelly Reilly plays John's wife and she pulls off a Southern accent well despite being British. She is way too good looking for John's character who is an unshaven bum with bad teeth.I did not like the ending at all. Left me very unfulfilled wanting more. Interesting plot which kept my interest at first but then it fell apart at the end.

Similar to "Winter's Bone", "Fargo", Freidkin's "Killer Joe" or Scott Cooper's "Out of the Furnace" and "Crazy Heart". "A Single Shot" fits right in the middle of that strong list of dark thrillers.Its finest characteristic is its thrill factor, which has trouble looming around every corner, put together with sharp direction, amiable camera work, and tense scoring.I'm sure this film is taking a hit from some picking apart certain aspects in the plot, but it's much less of "it couldn't happen", and more likely "people not liking the way it happens", and surely some will loath the beautifully symbolic ending, where the lead is literally suffocating under the weight of it all. Couldn't have ended any better, could barely be any better in general. Easily one of the best films I've seen this year. The only thing I did before writing this review, was leave this title on my latest B Movie Marathon list for later reference.There's a bit of sloppy speech from Jeffrey Wright in the ladder third that could have used some polishing, but that's honestly my only gripe with this great little sleeper.SOme might call this a "Slow-burner", but I found it to be intense and gripping from the opening minute till the final credit sequence. I was glued. Highly Recommend this one, but that recommendation comes with a bit of a user warning for gore, drug use, sexuality, and many blissfully scary moments.Bout time. Is it just me, or do you have to rent 30 films at the redbox to get one of these? bring back video stores! You'll like this if you liked:*see all films listed above. Hope it helps. It ain't Disney!77/100THe film is far from perfect, but Rockwell and the ever-present tension of the film, along with some nice supporting roles, make this solid.

Worst movie of year, the money I paid for it. Was not worth it . Not worth the rental cost........I payed 15.00 for this movie, not worth it,it's a movie that you know how's it's going to end....with that said don't waste your time seeing it ,the DVD case is worth more then the movie,best part of this is the credits..this movie as bad as punk drunk love. Macy plays about 15 minutes of this movie.i hope they didn't pay him much, but this is one of his movies. Seeing he was in this I thought it would have been better, no such luck. This movie starts out bad and ends the same way, it's not hard to figure out who's the bad guy, starts with a deer ends with a deer, also this may have 10 actors at best,