This is a small scale tight thriller in the Coen-esque category concerning two brothers going back to their parents farm to straighten out a little family business. The opening dawdles a little as it sets up the dynamic between tightly-wound Jeff and his gentler brother Terry - in all honesty, of the two Jacobsen brothers, Clayton isn't very well known for acting and having just the two dominating the screen for the first thirty minutes or so does drag the pace a little. Still, once the rubber hits the road and the plot mechanics start kicking in, this is a thriller that's definitely not afraid to play for keeps, escalating in the best of ways.
I do wish this was ever so slightly better in the first twenty or so minutes because the slightly clunky beginning shouldn't put people off what turns into an enjoyably dark thriller. Certainly CLayton Jacobsen should be behind a camera again as often as possible (it's kinda ridiculous that a director who makes a movie as financially successful as "Kenny" has taken this long between gigs) - but maybe not necessarily in front of it.
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