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- 2019
- Not Rated
- RLJE Films
- 1 h 38 m
- 2019
- Not Rated
- RLJE Films
- 1 h 38 m
Summary Nick (Luke Grimes) is an ex-con adjusting to a normal life in rural Alabama with a new job and a new wife. When some former associates track him down looking for retribution, he is forced back into the desperate and violent life he thought he left behind.
Directed By: Aaron Harvey
Written By: Aaron Harvey
- 2019
- Not Rated
- RLJE Films
- 1 h 38 m
- 2019
- Not Rated
- RLJE Films
- 1 h 38 m
Into the Ashes
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Summary Nick (Luke Grimes) is an ex-con adjusting to a normal life in rural Alabama with a new job and a new wife. When some former associates track him down looking for retribution, he is forced back into the desperate and violent life he thought he left behind.
Directed By: Aaron Harvey
Written By: Aaron Harvey
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Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
50
14% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
86% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
0% Negative
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While not all the pieces of the puzzle perfectly fit into place, it’s still a good yarn filled with arresting visuals and solid performances.
While Harvey does a fine job evoking the violent, character-driven crime pictures of the 1970s, he can’t quite make Into the Ashes feel original enough to be vital.
The problem is not that it tells a story that's been done many times before, but that it never finds a new or interesting way of approaching the familiar material.
Into the Ashes could have been a better film if only Harvey was less interested in making a by-the-numbers revenge exercise.
Aaron Henry is prone to pulling back from any moment that might give greater depth to his revenge tale.
A capable cast abets the director, but the film's slow pace and half-hearted perspective shifts don't generate the gravitas that's clearly intended.
There is never any doubt where this is going, and the film takes far too long to get there.
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