Deadfall

2012

In the wintry countryside near Canada, a smooth-talking heist man and his femme fatale sister are on the run with a bag full of cash. With a deadly blizzard swirling around them, they split up to make a desperate dash for the border, but a twist of fate puts them on a collision course with a troubled ex-con and his family. Eric Bana, Olivia Wilde, Sissy Spacek, and Kris Kristofferson highlight the ace cast in this icy thriller.

Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky

Starring: Eric Bana, Charlie Hunnam, Olivia Wilde, Kris Kristofferson, Sissy Spacek

 31 Reviews

Reviews

  • There's a powerfully creepy sensibility to Deadfall. But the way it handles the messiness of families -- a universal message given vivid metaphorical life in the blood and guts it leaves in its path -- is finally rewarding.

    Michael O'Sullivan - The Washington Post

    26 April 2013

  • Tonally, Deadfall seems to be aiming somewhere between Sam Raimi's "A Simple Plan" and the brilliant Pine Barrens episode of "The Sopranos," with a classic Western showdown at its climax. But the pedestrian writing holds it back.

    - The Hollywood Reporter

    26 April 2013

  • The movie's violence, although gruesome, flirts with slapstick, and the story appears bound for domestic comedy when all the major characters sit down for Thanksgiving dinner at June and Chet's grand Victorian farmhouse. But the meal becomes more freak show than satire.

    Mark Jenkins - NPR

    26 April 2013

  • There isn't much to the characters in this morose thriller.

    Owen Gleiberman - Entertainment Weekly

    26 April 2013

  • Despite a super-dark noir plot and respectable cast, Deadfall is a thriller that never quite delivers on its promise.

    Walter Addiego - The San Francisco Chronicle

    26 April 2013

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