Cut Bank (2014) (original) (raw)

Dwayne McLaren has been looking for a way out of his small town upbringing in Cut Bank, MT, since he graduated high school several years earlier. When he finds himself in the wrong place at the right time, he jumps at a chance to pursue a better life in a bigger city with his girlfriend, Cassandra. But luck doesn't exist in Cut Bank, and this perceived good fortune is quickly followed by a flood of bad karma.

Dwayne McLaren has been looking for a way out of his small town upbringing in Cut Bank, MT, since he graduated high school several years earlier. When he finds himself in the wrong place at the right time, he jumps at a chance to pursue a better life in a bigger city with his girlfriend, Cassandra. But luck doesn't exist in Cut Bank, and this perceived good fortune is quickly followed by a flood of bad karma. (less)

Director: Matt Shakman
Writer: Roberto Patino
Starring: Liam Hemsworth, Teresa Palmer, John Malkovich, Billy Bob Thornton, Bruce Dern, Michael Stuhlbarg
Producer: Mickey Barold

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Review by Brian Orndorf, April 10, 2015

6 / 10

Midwestern noir gets another bloody workout with �Cut Bank,� which strives to siphon fumes from the Coen Brother hit, �Fargo,� reworking incidents of small town brutality and community paranoia into its own brew of wrongdoing. The end result shows periodic promise but falls a little short in terms of heated escalation, though efforts from a varied and accomplished cast help to generate an interesting tone of standoffishness and criminal awareness that gives �Cut Bank� some edge it otherwise avoids. Admirers of small-town gamesmanship when it comes to murder will likely be the most entertained, ...read more...

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