A young man is hired as the executioner at a prison where his brother sits on death row. Things get more surreal when he falls in love with his brother's ex-girlfriend -- who's imprisoned herself.
Acting
Jeremy Renner pre-fame, fully committed to unhinged desperation.
Writing
Dialogue that treats lethal injection like a zoning dispute.
Director
Kyle Bergersen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot entirely in Iowa using real prison locations, including a functioning execution chamber that had never been used.
Part of a forgotten wave of mid-2000s indie 'death row romances' that tried to make capital punishment quirky—this one actually commits to the bit.
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