SummaryA Southern Noir thriller, set in a tough-and-tumble Mississippi town where a woman and her young daughter are caught in the crossfire when whiskey, guns, and the desire for revenge violently intersect.
Directed By:Nadine Crocker
Written By:Michael Farris Smith
Desperation Road
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Oct 13, 2023
60
The tonal balance isn’t an easy one to pull off, and filmmakers vastly more experienced than Crocker have tried and failed, so praise is due to the key creatives for taking something that sounds familiar and perhaps even formulaic on paper, but repainting it as an engaging, emotionally-driven genre film that both is and isn’t what you think it’ll turn out to be.
Oct 28, 2023
50
Desperation Road glimmers with moments of beautiful clarity, but the big picture it paints doesn't live up to the promise of its individual strokes.
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Mar 12, 2024
7
A little too predictable, but definitely worth watching. Only found it looking for something free to stream with Garrett Hedlund in it. Without the addition of Mel Gibson I probably would a passed on it. Parts were painful to watch, but I loved the story and depiction of each characters' desperation as well as the power of love and forgiveness.
Oct 29, 2023
6
Not quite as thrilling as I was hoping. A bit slow. If anything this was more of a drama. Mel Gibson played a good down to earth part. It’s a shame he didn’t get more screen time.
Nov 14, 2023
40
The direction by Nadine Crocker has all the authenticity of a daytime soap opera. But all the same, there’s no denying that Hedlund and, to a lesser extent, Fitzgerald are pretty good, offering better performances than the film surrounding them deserves.
Dec 24, 2023
4
While the movie is watchable, it feels like you are nonstop expecting something but nothing that interesting really happens and it feels a bit stretched out. The story on paper seems interesting but how it portrays is very boring.
Production Company:
- Elevated Films (II)
- Balcony 9 Productions
- Capstone Pictures
- Gramercy Park Media
- Grindstone Entertainment Group
- Hopeful Romantix Productions
Release Date:Oct 6, 2023
Duration:1 h 52 m
Rating:R
