11Oct11:19 amEST
Sunday Matinée at Market Chess Cinemas
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Now well over twenty years old, One False Move (1992) still ranks as, easily, one of the more under-rated films during that time span. This one always comes to mind, in terms of the under-watched/under-rated/under-appreciated pieces of writing, character development, and the ability to challenge the audience.
Bill Paxton and Billy Bob Thornton (pre-Sling Blade) star in the steamy crime thriller.
via Rotten Tomatoes
Carl Franklin made his directorial bow with the story of three LA drug dealers who, after committing a rather messy murder, hide out in a rural Arkansas town. Assuming that the local "rubes" will offer them little interference, the criminals have not reckoned with sheriff "Hurricane" Dixon (Bill Paxton). Despite the arrogance of the LAPD agents sent to Arkansas to collar the crooks, it is down-home Dixon who puts the final bloody showdown into motion (the fact that the thieves have been falling out throughout the film doesn't hurt things either). Carl Franklin knows where he's going in every frenetic frame of One False Move, and his movie was one of the most acclaimed independent releases of 1991.
