One False Move (1992)

One False Move: Directed by Carl Franklin. With Bill Paxton, Cynda Williams, Billy Bob Thornton, Michael Beach. A small town police chief awaits the arrival of a gang of killers.

“I have seen this movie twice. The first time, for the whole movie I was on the edge of my seat. This was an intense film. From the extremely brutal beginning to the climatic end, I couldnu0026#39;t relax once. I did notice the fact that race played no factor; all colors were represented on both sides. In 1992, I had seen over fifty movies at the theater so I put together a top ten list and this movie made it easily. Since I knew how the movie would play out, on my second viewing I was able to look for other things. This time I noticed though the thrilling aspects of the film were used to set the movie in motion, underneath there was an examination of big city meets rural town. Amazingly, the main characters werenu0026#39;t treated as stereotypes. Each character (I count six) was fleshed out but not too much. There were no judgments on which life was better or any advantages or disadvantages to either style of living. In a lot of ways the film reminded me of John Saylesu0026#39; movies. In other words a movie that a lot of thought went into making it. A great film.”