The story centers on paroled white supremacist who has just killed a cop, and takes a black family hostage. Within hours of being released from 14 years of solitary confinement in maximum-security Pelican Bay State Prison, Garrett Tully is on the run again. When he finds a house off a dirt road and takes a family hostage, he thinks the Aryan Brotherhood has his back–and his kidnap victims are black. The family’s patriarch, Mr. Walker, is a jaded ex-con who hates cops so much he disavowed his own son for becoming one. Seeing a familiar desperation in Tully, Walker refuses to call the authorities for help, causing familial tensions to escalate, and soon grave missteps are made.
Acting
Danny Glover's exhausted, magnetic stillness vs. Joe Anderson's twitchy menace
Direction
Deon Taylor traps you in that house, no escape, no relief
Writing
The Walker family dynamics crackle with unspoken history
Director
Deon Taylor
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on the 1995 case of Robert Scully, who murdered a California Highway Patrol officer hours after parole from Pelican Bay—same prison, same timeline, same white supremacist affiliation.
Danny Glover took a massive pay cut to executive produce, specifically to ensure a Black director told this story. The film was shot in 13 days on a single location.
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