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Cold In July

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FOUR STARS. ONE OF THE YEAR’S BEST THRILLERS.

— Tom Huddleston, NY Daily News

A TAUT, SEDUCTIVE THRILLER. One of those movies that arrives every now and then with a canny sense of how to grab our attention and hold it in a tightening grip.

— Joe Morgenstern, Time Out New York

EXQUISITE. AN EDGE-OF-YOUR-SEAT THRILLER. Don Johnson steals the film.

— Ernest Hardy, The Wall Street Journal

****! Until Quentin Tarantino makes his next movie, Jim Mickle is the guy to watch.

— Elizabeth Weitzman, The Village Voice

Presented by IFC Films | United States | May 23rd, 2014 | 109 MINS | R

How can a split-second decision change your life? While investigating noises in his house one balmy Texas night in 1989, Richard Dane puts a bullet in the brain of a low-life burglar, Freddy Russell. Although he’s hailed as a small-town hero, Dane soon finds himself fearing for his family’s safety when Freddy’s ex-con father, Ben, rolls into town; hell-bent on revenge. However, not all is as it seems. Shortly after Dane kills the home intruder, his life begins to unravel into a dark underworld of corruption and violence. Twists and turns continue to pile up as the film reaches its inevitable destination: a gore-soaked dead end.

Michael C. Hall brings a shell-shocked vulnerability to his portrayal of Dane that contrasts perfectly with the grizzled “badasses” portrayed by Sam Shepard and Don Johnson.  Directed with an excellent eye for the visual poetry of noir, this pulpy, southern-fried mystery is a throwback to an older breed of action films; one where every punch and shotgun blast opens up both physical and spiritual wounds. Cold in July is hard to shake as an east Texas summer.

 

Director

  • Jim Mickle

Producers

  • Linda Moran
  • Rene Bastian
  • Adam Folk
  • Marie Savare

Executive Producers

  • Jean Baptiste Babin
  • David Atlan-Jackson
  • Joel Thibout

Writers

  • Jim Mickle
  • Nick Damici