#1187: FRANKLIN, Carl: One False Move (1992)

FRANKLIN, Carl (United States)
One False Move [1992]
Spine #1187
Blu-ray


A small-town police chief (Bill Paxton) concealing an explosive secret. A pair of ruthless drug dealers (coscreenwriter Billy Bob Thornton and Michael Beach) who leave a bloody trail in their wake as they make their way from Los Angeles to Arkansas. And an enigmatic woman (Cynda Williams) caught in the middle. The way these desperate lives converge becomes a masterclass in slow-burn tension thanks to the nuanced direction of Carl Franklin, whose haunting film travels a crooked road across America’s most fraught divisions—urban and rural, Black and white — while imbuing noir conventions with a wrenching emotional depth.

105 Minutes
Color
2.0 Surround
1:85:1
Criterion Release 2023


Director/Writer

Carl Franklin was 43 when he directed One False Move.

Other Franklin films in the Collection:

#1135: Devil in a Blue Dress [1995]

The Film

a

Film Rating (0-60):

60

The Extras

The Booklet

Commentary

Video tribute

Documentary 1

Documentary 2

Documentary 3

Controversial altered ending

Theatrical trailer


Extras Rating (0-40):

39

60 + 39 =

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