Review of A Single Shot (2013) by Ola G — 20 May 2016

Recently separated from his family, John Moon (Sam Rockwell) copes with poverty in West Virginia by poaching. While stalking a deer, he accidentally shoots a young woman. He then finds a box containing $100,000 in the abandoned van where she was hiding. During the following days, John receives anonymous threats from people who know that he has the money...

"A Single Shot" is an atmospheric psychological thriller shot in a subtle but engaging way with Sam Rockwell breathing life into the disillusioned John. The storyline is hardly something new under the sun with a backwoods cat and mouse chase leading up to a buildup and an ambiguous bleak ending. A touch and a hint to the Coen brothers. There´s a reasonably ok mix of solid acting, visuals and realism, but "A Single Shot" has also your stereotypical redneck set up that feels done and quite tiring. It´s not a bad movie, but neither a film you will re-see or really remember for that matter.