One False Move [Region 2] | ![One False Move [Region 2]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51QQWM857DL._SL500_.jpg)
| Director: Carl Franklin
Actors: Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton, Cynda Williams, Michael Beach, Jim Metzler
Category: DVD
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Rating:  31 reviews
Format: Anamorphic, Full Screen, Ntsc
Languages: Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), German (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Italian (Subtitled), Hindi (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Turkish (Subtitled), Danish (Subtitled), Icelandic (Subtitled), Bulgarian (Subtitled), Swedish (Subtitled), Hungarian (Subtitled), Polish (Subtitled), Dutch (Subtitled), Arabic (Subtitled), Finnish (Subtitled), Czech (Subtitled), Greek (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 2
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Running Time: 105 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 3333297535175
ASIN: B0000501VH
Theatrical Release Date: May 8, 1992
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Amazon.com essential video
A dark and spare thriller about irresistible forces headed for a collision with an immovable object. The latter is the local sheriff in a small Arkansas town (Bill Paxton); the former are a trio of L.A. drug dealers (Billy Bob Thornton, Michael Beach, Cynda Williams), who, having committed a multiple murder, head for that tiny town on the lam to hide out with Williams's family. Directed by Carl Franklin from a script cowritten by Thornton, the film contrasts the converging parties: Paxton as the eager small-timer who resents getting the high hat from the FBI and aches to prove himself; Thornton as the explosive bad guy who looks like a pussycat next to the sadistic Beach. In the middle is the subtle, low-key performance by Williams, who has secrets neither side is aware of. Compelling and energy-charged, without taking a single obvious step. --Marshall Fine
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Pretty good on-the-lam flick June 29, 2009
Viva (So. Cal.)
It's not the most powerful storytelling of criminals on the lam that I've ever seen, but this is pretty decent. In a relatively short amount of time, we get to know a woman who's gotten in with two very bad guys, a man she used to know back home in Arkansas who is now a police officer, and several others that are involved in their lives at the same time. Everything comes to a head in Arkansas after the criminals leave Los Angeles. Good performances from Paxton, Thornton, and Williams.
Overrated but still good June 27, 2009
One-Line Film Reviews (Ann Arbor)
The Bottom Line:
One False Move is by no means the movie Siskel and Ebert said it was when they crowned it the best film of the year and one of the 10 best of the nineties, but it's a solid merging of character piece and crime thriller that gets a little bit less involving when its two storylines meet but is still commendable for its character development and always watchable.
3/4
 Franklin's auspicious debut June 25, 2008
Dennis W. Wong
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This film almost wound up on direct to video were it not for 2 people or critics--Siskel & Ebert!! Former actor Carl Franklin had already made one film for Roger Corman before he did this one and he had to mortgage his home to get credit to make this film--but it turned out to be a winner in more ways than one. For starters, it pushed former Cameron regular, Bill Paxton, to leading man status and Billy Bob Thornton to write another Southern classic, "Sling Blade". This proves that you don't need a lotta money to have a good film, just good writing!! And Cyndi Williams is a fox and excellent in the final confrontation scene with Paxton. Recommended for lovers of noir and Southern tales!!
 BONNIE AND CLYDE IT AIN'T! BUT, IT'S NOT BAD! February 27, 2008
! MR. KNOW IT ALL ;-b (TRI STATE AREA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I never heard of this film before 2008 and considering it's age, that's saying something. While Billy Bob Thornton has done much better(Sling Blade)it's an OK drug/crime/"thugs on the run" film. The film starts out a little too quick for me with a couple of seedy character robbing a drug dealer. From that point on it's "thugs on the run" and there's no turning back. The cast is good and the story is interesting enough, but for a film that wants to get where it's going in a hurry it seemed to take a long time. It's an interesting film that should have taken some time to let us know the characters a little better. As it is, it seemed to be slow when it should have been moving fast and fast when it should have been moving slow. I caught this on cable, so it's worth a watch if you see in on TV.
Highly Recommended! December 5, 2007
The Sublime Dialectic
This a great movie. Carl Franklin's One False Move is riveting. I enjoyed it years ago in the theater and have not forgotten it since. It's a lost gem among a sky full of crappy crime dramas.
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