Prodigal sons, tough fathers, and the extreme situations that bring them back together once more are nothing new onscreen. It’s a tried and true dramatic formula.
Hammer is the latest to give it a shot, crafting a film that mixes drama elements with thriller moments (basically falling under the crime genre, overall) to try and craft something a bit different.
Unfortunately, despite a nice performance from Will Patton, the ultimate impact left by the project is far less than you would expect.
The ingredients are here for something fairly moving and easily effective, but the folks involved can’t quite pull it off. The movie is a crime tale, mixing dramatic and thriller elements, in telling the story of a father and son.
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