Russ Millings has just been released from prison after serving 21 years for a 3rd strike conviction for possessing an ounce of marijuana. As he tries to adapt to a world he doesn’t recognize – including trying to learn how to use the internet – he finds an abandoned baby in a dumpster behind the fast food restaurant where he works as a dishwasher. Unsure of what to do, and caught between impulses of kindness and panic, Russ soon realizes this could be his chance at redemption.
Acting
Hawke's fragile, wordless performance is career-best quiet.
Direction
Marshall-Green's debut trusts silence over exposition.
Writing
Explores 21 years of lost time with devastating economy.
Director
Logan Marshall-Green
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Logan Marshall-Green is better known as an actor (Prometheus, Upgrade) and this was his directorial debut.
The 1995 'three strikes' law referenced was California's notorious mandatory minimum policy, repealed in 2012 for non-violent offenses—too late for fictional Russ and thousands of real prisoners.
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