Cold in July [Blu-ray] Big SALE

Title : Cold in July [Blu-ray]
ASIN : B00L2YXXG6
Description : How can a split-second decision change your life? While investigating noises in his house one balmy Texas night in 1989, Richard Dane (Michael C. Hall in an affectingly vulnerable performance) puts a bullet in the brain of lowlife burglar Freddy. Although he s hailed as a small-town hero, Richard soon finds himself fearing for his family s safety when Freddy s ex-con father, Ben (Sam Shepard, August: Osage County) rolls into town, hell-bent on revenge. But not all is as it seems in this seemingly peaceful community, and soon Richard s life begins to unravel into a dark underworld of corruption and violence that will pit him against the most unlikely of foes. Co-starring Don Johnson (Django Unchained) and adapted from the Joe R. Lansdale novel by director Jim Mickle (We Are What We Are) and star Nick Damici (Stake Land), COLD IN JULY is a pulpy Southern noir whose twists and turns continue to pile up right up to its shocking conclusion.


Special Features: Commentaries, Deleted Scenes, Previsualization Tests, Trailer


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category: Movies
brand: MPI HOME VIDEO
Item Page Detail URL : link
Rating : 4.2
Review : Surprising B movie crime caper: Don Johnson to the rescue!
"Cold In July" (2014 release; 110 min.) brings the story of Richard "Rich" Dane (played by Michael C. Hall, he of TV's "Dexter") and his wife and young boy. As the movie opens, we are reminded that we are in "East Texas, 1989", and Rich and his wife are awakened by what sounds to be a house robbery in progress. Rich checks it out and when he confronts the intruder, he shoots and kills the intruder. Turns out the intruder was a wanted felon, or so Rich is told by the local cop. At the funeral, the dead felon's dad (played by Sam Shepard) shows up, and he threatens Rich's family. At that point we're not even 30 min. into the movie but to tell you more of this plot-heavy movie would spoil your viewing experience, you'll just have to see for yourself how it all plays out.

Couple of comments: this movie is based on the crime novel from Joe Lansdale. I did not read the book, so I can't comment on how close (or not) the movie stays to the book...