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The Hollow

USA 2016
produced by
Miles Doleac, Ryan H. Jackson, Mackenzie Westmoreland, Lisa Bruce (executive) for Historia Films
directed by Miles Doleac
starring James Callis, Miles Doleac, Christiane Seidel, William Sadler, David Warshofsky, Joseph VanZandt, Lindsay Anne Williams, Jeff Fahey, William Forsythe, Garrett Hines, Sherri Eakin, Portia Walls, Escalante Lundy, Candice Michele Barley, Jana Allen, Jim Gleason, Kelly Lind, Ted Ferguson, Michael Randall, Jackson Beals, Justin M. Boyd, Macey DePaula, Sara Minerd, Dalton Russell, Gayla Marie de Guise, J.R. Rowell, Kaleb Benedict
written by Miles Doleac, music by Clifton Hyde

review by
Mike Haberfelner

A small rural village in the Deep South, USA, a place where the superficial faith of the mainstream populace and its quasi-prohibition is meant to gloss over the place's rising drug problem that even law enforcement is involved in. But then Kami (Portia Walls) is murdered, a promiscuous yet underage high school student, which isn't exactly very good for the local peace to begin with, but unfortunately a couple who had only witnessed the murder also had to die, and one of them was the daughter of a mighty senator (Jim Gleason), so in comes the FBI, stirring things up in the village. Thing is, everybody seems to have their fingers in the murder somehow, be it the rogue deputy Ray (Miles Doleac), "Big" John (William Forsythe), the town's mightiest landowner who acts as if he owns the town because to a point he does, or the local high school's principal (David Warshofsky), who just liked to spank Kami's backside in an erotic sort of way in exchange for good grades - and there are probably dozens others as well ...

Thing is, the FBI agents on the case, Vaughn (James Callis) and Sarah (Christiane Seidel) aren't totally issue-free themselves, as they've once been a couple and Vaughn seems to be losing his fight against alcoholism, and they are met with disdain by the locals, even if they have come to help. So what was once a peaceful, sleepy little village soon becomes a powder keg ...

William Sadler plays the local sheriff who tries (but mostly fails) to restore order while Jeff Fahey plays the rogue deputy's rogue-ish father.

 

A very interesting murder mystery where the whodunnit aspect actually takes backseat behind a Deep South saga, with its hypocrisy, its mock Christianity that only hides its belief in money and fear of progress, and its latent propensity to violence - but not in a speculative or sensationalist way, as this film refrains from generalizing or just dishing out clichées, it rather tells a multi-layered tale where all the different pieces work well together thanks to a well-structured and thought-through script, a rich and atmospheric yet subtle cinematic language, and a very competent ensemble cast.

Totally worth a watch!

 

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