One False Move

United States

1992

105 Min

Color

1.85:1

English

Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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EXEC Paul Colichman, Miles A. Copeland III, Harold Welb

SCR Billy Bob Thornton, Tom Epperson

CAST Billy Bob Thornton, Bill Paxton, Cynda Williams, Michael Beach, Jim Metzler, Earl Billings, Natalie Canerday

MUSIC Peter Haycock, Derek Holt

San Sebastián (American Way of Death)

Synopsis

After an “LA drugs deal” leads to blood and carnage, the perpetrators end up in small town Arkansas where the leader Ray contacts his ex-girlfriend. Two LA Detectives ensue and soon find themselves out of sorts away from the big city. Chief Dale ‘Hurricane’ Dixon sees his chance to impress and get dream a move to the big city but his hicksville approach leads to mockery and derision. Keeping important information from the two officers he tries to play clever and capture the criminals himself. ‘Classic’ neo-noir with a simple good will beat bad but watch for nasty message. –IMDb

Director

Carl Franklin

Carl Franklin studied history and dramatic arts at UC Berkeley. After several years as a television actor with guest shots, roles in TV movies, miniseries, and appearing as a regular on a few unsuccessful series, he returned to school and received his master’s degree in directing from the American Film Institute. He was then hired by Roger Corman’s Concorde Films because they were impressed with his thesis film.

Although it took several years, in 1992 Franklin made his directorial breakthrough with the crime drama One False Move (1992), the story of a manhunt for three small-time criminals after a drug deal that had gone bad. The film also earned him the New Generation Award by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association in 1992, the MTV Movie Award for Best New Filmmaker and the IFP Spirit Award for Best Director in 1993.

Franklin wrote and directed Denzel Washington in Devil in a Blue Dress (1995). Despite rave reviews from the critics, the film failed to attract an audience… read more