Reckoning (2019)
Genre: Thriller
Duration: 87 minuten
Alternative title: The Devil to Pay
Country:
United States
Directed by: Lane Skye and Ruckus Skye
Stars: Danielle Deadwyler, Catherine Dyer and Jayson Warner Smith
IMDb score:
6,3 (1.520)
Releasedate: 2 October 2020
Reckoning plot
"They started a war. She brought a reckoning."
Lemon Cassidy is a young farmer who lives secluded in the mountain region with her son. After the disappearance of her husband, she is harassed by the Runions. The neighboring family, headed by Tommy Runion, wants Lemon to pay her husband's debt. She refuses and is then forced to look for her husband, who may have stolen something valuable.
Actors and actresses
Lemon Cassidy
Tommy Runion
Wade Runion
Aurora
Bull Runion
Crowman
Grady
Dixon Runion
Heathen
Coy
Reviews & comments
AniSter
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- 2338 messages
- 1884 votes
A bit of a strange, hillbilly-like film, especially when it comes to the start. The first scene with the sect was completely out of place, but there is a second scene: 'back to the ether'! It soon becomes clear where the plot is going. Nothing special, but it scores well enough for me. Deadwyler, whats in a name, at least does a great job as Lemon.
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Zinema (crew films)
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- 10276 messages
- 7316 votes
Childish winks.
The Devil to Pay is a reasonable and entertaining attempt at a hillbilly thriller, but there are much better examples. Admittedly, the shots of the Apalachians are beautiful, but real atmosphere is hard to find. Perhaps leading lady Danielle Deadwyler is just a little too stylish for a 'mountain woman'. Anyway, the styling is rather slick, but maybe our image of the poor American mountain people is wrong. Good thing a dark lady is the heroine. Appalachians don't necessarily have to be white.
Yet you miss the raw edge of, for example, Out of the Furnace, where everything is served tastefully. A masterpiece compared to this work. Good acting or a nice script is not present here and it is therefore all too clean. There is another interesting attempt with a cult, but here too the makers take the wrong path, although it could have resulted in a nice Wrong Turn . To be able to continue to wink childishly with lame word jokes; unfortunately the film does not deserve Deliverance.
**½
Thanks to The Searchers for the review copy.
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