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  • Summary: Sonny Mann (Olyphant), an ex-con returning home from prison, creates a new dynamic for both friends and enemies with his arrival. (IFC Films)
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 16
  2. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. It's only a mild disappointment. The talent is still there, the film better than most. It just needs less crime, more love.
  2. Reviewed by: Todd McCarthy
    60
    A melodramatic step backward for writer-director Victor Nunez after his last two pictures, the first-rate "Ruby in Paradise" and "Ulee's Gold."
  3. Reviewed by: Chris Gore
    60
    There is energy to this film that is somewhat different from Nunez's others. Along with a terrific cast, Nunez keeps the action driving forward: dangerous, sexy, and conflicted.
  4. A larger problem is the film's attempt to piece together a hard-boiled crime drama with a soft-boiled soap opera, ultimately giving precedence to the suds and adding a sickly lemon scent.

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