One False Move
The film tells the story of three LA drug dealers who, after committing a rather messy murder, hide out in a rural Arkansas town. With the assistance of two Los Angeles Police Department detectives, Star City, Arkansas Police Chief Dale 'Hurricane' Dixon prepares to take on them.
9 March 1962, Russellville, Arkansas, USA
4 August 1955, Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA
16 October 1949, North Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
23 June 1951, Oneonta, New York, USA
May 06, 2017
Clark Franklin's One False Move brings a shotgun to a knife fight, and the results aren't pretty.
May 06, 2013
In this film ably directed by Carl Franklin, who has spent most of his adulthood as an actor, there are more than a few tense scenes.
May 06, 2013
Skillfully performed and welcomely unpredictable, this low-budget crime film, made by actor turned director Carl Franklin, starts out as a herky-jerky exploitation piece, then turns into something better.
May 06, 2013
One False Move doesn't make a single false move its own self: It's as tough and gripping as they come.
May 06, 2013
The biggest difference between One False Move and most other action films is the sting in its violence. There is so little stylization here -- so little gimmickry -- that when someone is shot or knifed, you feel it.
May 06, 2013
For most of the way, One False Move is taut and sure-footed.
May 06, 2013
Mixing moments of genuine terror with offbeat comedy, writers Tom Epperson and Thornton have created a script that jumps along with the energy of In Cold Blood.
May 06, 2013
Everything about this movie -- the terse writing, the concise directing, the smart, unaffected acting -- is eminently satisfying.
March 03, 2017
Franklin no alecciona, muestra, a modo de thriller, las terribles consecuencias de la incursión de la violencia en la diaria tranquilidad de un pueblo en el que nunca pasa nada.
May 06, 2013
It exerts an almost macabre fascination as we track the killers bloody trail across several states to their inevitable deaths.
May 06, 2013
Franklin's convincing portrait of life on both sides of the color line isn't quite like anything I've come across before, making One False Move one very assured directorial move. We need more filmmakers like him.
May 06, 2013
Rookie director Carl Franklin shows an obvious gift for pace and storytelling -- uncertain, halting moments are rare. Almost every scene has rich and authentic feeling.
