Cold in July does
not start off as one of those movies you want to keep watching. It starts off
on a weak foundation with a premise that seems too confident for its own good.
When you get past the first few minutes after the shooting and ignore the
movie’s weird cinematography, Cold in July is not so bad. I won’t be
jumping on the “I recommend” train for this one, but it’s something to see to
pass the time. In fact, it is so hard to rate this movie any higher, for you
may mistake it for something worth your time.
Our two
somewhat-leads get close from exhuming a body from the ground and discovering
what mystery lies ahead.
The movie was
made in 2014 and stars Michael C. Hall, who we can remember from the TV
show Dexter—and not much else from my memory. The plot starts when his
character, Richard, is woken up by his wife because she heard something break
downstairs in their home. Richard decides that he should get his gun and go
confront the man downstairs, but when he sees the man, his anxiety gets the
best of him, and he kills the intruder.
He got his
opportunity but didn’t take it, which led the cops to go after him. While they
were heading to arrest him, Richard follows them because he doubts that the
cops are on his side. Upon seeing Freddy’s picture, he realizes something isn’t
adding up. The officers catch Freddy’s father, and instead of arresting him,
they do something else. Their actions lead to Richard and Freddy’s father
bonding as they begin to work together to see what they can uncover.
Their journey
toward solving the mystery of why the cops don’t seem to be on their side takes
an unexpected turn.
The movie is in
the B-movie block, and it doesn’t jump out of that block as one of those rare
wonders. The acting in the movie is well done, and the writing can come off as
lazy at times, but the movie has something about its work that’s worth
appreciating. The turn it takes toward the ending is something you won’t
expect.
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