Wayland (Pablo Schreiber) leaves prison after 15 years for armed robbery and parties with his biker friends. He reunites with high school girlfriend Dolores (Jena Malone) who is now a single mother with three kids from other men. Parole life is difficult especially while still connected with the motorcycle club.
This is a fine white trash melodrama. If that's all, then this would be fine. There is a good father figure conflict for Wayland. The gang club life could have been more intense and the source of better drama. Then there is the reveal. The movie keeps suggesting a surreal revelation but it holds back. It needs to decide whether it's a full-on supernatural reveal or it should just drop the idea. I can see the big seaside scene but the movie needs to do it. The most compelling drama in the movie is the fatherhood inner conflict.
This is a fine white trash melodrama. If that's all, then this would be fine. There is a good father figure conflict for Wayland. The gang club life could have been more intense and the source of better drama. Then there is the reveal. The movie keeps suggesting a surreal revelation but it holds back. It needs to decide whether it's a full-on supernatural reveal or it should just drop the idea. I can see the big seaside scene but the movie needs to do it. The most compelling drama in the movie is the fatherhood inner conflict.