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Saltville
USA 2024
produced by James Person (executive), Gordon Price (executive) for Full Access Films, Chapter 11 Films
directed by James Person, Gordon Price
starring Gordon Price, Alex Michalos, Richard Ross, Luther Chambers, Lloyd Kaufman (voice), Lamont Ferguson, Kera O'Bryon, Robert Shepherd, Shelley Novak, Terrell Hill, Mitch Hines, John S. Howell sr, Mike Hines, James Person, John Vacher, Jim Bailey, John Paquette, Kennedy Nordin, Evan Phillips, John Clair, Stuart Smith, William Busi, Frederick Mason, Joey Powers, Donna L. Gonzalez, Rich Burke, James Ruge, Jack White, Teresa Brock, Gabriel W. Birdsong, James Hawkins, Kurt Bimler, John Burton, Henry Price, George Clark jr, Larry D. Zimmerman, William Kyzer Cooper, Jack White, Jill Shepherd Williams, Chad L. Hart, Brenden Zimmerman, Jennifer Owen, Kyler Brookman, Ernie Sines, Tiffany Nicole Conner, Dimetrius Almazin, Jay Ward, Trisha Lancaster
written by James Person, Gordon Price, music by Gordon Price, Stacy Heyden, Skyler Cartwright, Nate Sparks
review by Mike Haberfelner
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The Richmond family hasn't exactly a glorious history as it was Cyrus
Richmond (Gordon Price), a Confederate commander in times of the Civil
War, who ordered the massacre of a group of black prisoners of war in the
woods surrounding Saltville. But more than 150 years down the line, his
descendant Grady Richmond (Gordon Price again) has made it to one of the
most respectable citizens of Saltville as a successful lawyer. But he has
fallen on hard times of late as his wife Doreen (Kera O'Byron) is
suffering from cancer, and her treatment pretty much costs Grady his last
penny - but help's on the horizon in the form of land developer Kaufman
(Lloyd Kaufman), who wants to build a ski resort near Saltville, and he
needs someone like Grady to be his fixer, since Grady can't afford to be
too scrupulous, and he's in good standings with Judge Royal (Richard
Ross), who's always more than happy to help - for a price. So for the
ressort itself they decide to depopulate the neighouring primarly black
community Concord Pike, even going so far as to lying to the local
Reverend (Lamont Ferguson), just so he helps their cause. And for the ski
slopes they choose a mountain that has for generations belonged to outcast
family the Blubloods - who might or might not have something to do with
the disappearance of Grady's sister Eva (Kennedy Nordin) some 20 years
ago.Thing is, the Blubloods are not going to give their mountain up just
like that, and those who try to take it usually disappear without a trace
...
This story could have been worked into either a somewhat
boringly straightforward horror movie or into a pretty overblown soap
opera but writers/directors James Person and Gordon Price instead choose
to turn it into a pretty complex thriller that goes into history and
politics and how these intertwine especially when it comes to racial
issues - and I'm sure this all sounds pretty brain-heavy on paper, but the
script's actually rather entertainingly written, and a moody directorial
effort really brings things to life - and the tense finale is very likely
to satisfy all genre fans to the fullest. A really cool watch, actually!
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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