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Deadfall

- You can't escape your past.

A thriller that follows two siblings who decide to fend for themselves in the wake of a botched casino heist, and their unlikely reunion during another family's Thanksgiving celebration.

Release Date : 2012-11-08

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Magnolia PicturesStudioCanalMadhouse Entertainment2929 ProductionsMutual Film Company

Production Country : FranceUnited States of America

Alternative Titles : Blackbird

Cast

Character Name : Addison

Original Name : Eric Bana

Gender : Male

Character Name : Liza

Original Name : Olivia Wilde

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jay

Original Name : Charlie Hunnam

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hanna

Original Name : Kate Mara

Gender : Female

Character Name : Chet

Original Name : Kris Kristofferson

Gender : Male

Character Name : June

Original Name : Sissy Spacek

Gender : Female

Character Name : Becker

Original Name : Treat Williams

Gender : Male

Character Name : State trooper

Original Name : Patrick Kerton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Travis

Original Name : Jason Cavalier

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mandy

Original Name : Allison Graham

Gender : Female

Character Name : Bobby

Original Name : Alain Goulem

Gender : Male

Character Name : Corrections Officer

Original Name : Kwasi Songui

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ronnie

Original Name : John Robinson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Boxer

Original Name : Job Daniel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doris

Original Name : Jocelyne Zucco

Gender : Female

Character Name : Deputy Brice

Original Name : Maxime Savaria

Gender : Male

Character Name : Deputy Bill

Original Name : Kyle Gatehouse

Gender : Male

Character Name : Suki

Original Name : Tomomi Morimoto

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hiro

Original Name : Nobuya Shimamoto

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ottawa Indian Mother

Original Name : Cheryl Diabo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ottawa Indian Child

Original Name : André Kasper

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tricia

Original Name : Anie Pascale

Gender : Female

Character Name : Marvin

Original Name : Andrew Johnston

Gender : Male

Character Name : Amy (as Sarah Hansen)

Original Name : Sarah Booth

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lisa

Original Name : Teale Hansen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Snowplow Driver

Original Name : Victor Cornfoot

Gender : Male

Character Name : Female Paramedic

Original Name : Warona Setshwaelo

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lisa

Original Name : Teale Bishopric

Gender : Male

Character Name : Vicky Wienrick

Original Name : Catherine Colvey

Gender : Female

Character Name : Theo

Original Name : Dennis Lafond

Gender : Male

Character Name : State Trooper (uncredited)

Original Name : Kevin Desfosses

Gender : Male

Character Name : Harold (uncredited)

Original Name : David Goff

Gender : Male

Character Name : Stund (uncredited)

Original Name : Benoit Priest

Gender : Male

Character Name : Old Indian Hunter

Original Name : Tom Jackson

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

Like an angel come down from the storm. Deadfall is directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky and written by Zach Dean. It stars Eric Bana, Olivia Wilde, Charlie Hunnam, Kate Mara, Treat Williams, Kris Kristofferson and Sissy Spacek. Music is by Marco Beltrami and cinematography by Shane Hurlbut. Siblings Addison (Bana) and Liza (Wilde) are fleeing a casino heist that’s gone badly wrong. Deciding to split up, they arrange to meet up at a later point and go their separate ways. Liza hooks up with ex-convict Jay (Hunnam) while Addison has a date with an abusive father. All while the police, led by a father and daughter pairing who have their own family issues, close in on them along with a blizzard. Ruzowitzky’s snowy neo-noir may not have the most brainiest of plots, but it makes up for that elsewhere with genuine thrills, spills and wintry chills. Shane Hurlbut photographs it in steely cold metallic blues, piercing whites and bloody reds, then laying an ethereal sheen over the night time sequences. This is perfect tonal accompaniment to the characterisations fronting the story, Addison and Liza have definite incestuous leanings, with the former capable of brutal violence when required. Jay, out of prison, is a big disappointment to his father (Kristofferson), but more pressing concerns are a deadly confrontation he is forced into, and that he’s falling for Liza, who appears to be damaged goods and whose motives are unclear. On the supposed good side of the snowy fence is Hannah (Mara) and Becker (Williams), daughter and father cops, she strives to make her daddy proud, he resents her for not being a son, even chastising her with cold venom in front of other officers. It’s a whirlpool of troubled characters battling it out in the snowy wilds of North America. Ruzowitzky inserts some quality action sequences as the protagonists/antagonists snake towards their date with destiny, which arrives in a classy film noir trope way at Jay’s parents house. The air is pungent with fatalism and the link of all characters having kin problems gives the narrative some bite. Very well performed by the cast, this is comfortably recommended to neo-noir lovers. 7.5/10

Wuchak

@Wuchak

2021-07-07

_**A hell of a Thanksgiving in northern Michigan**_ After a heist in Michigan, a killer and his little sister (Eric Bana and Olivia Wilde) take different paths in the snowy wilderness just before Thanksgiving. An ex-con (Charlie Hunnam) who happens to be fleeing authorities in Detroit meets the girl on the way to his parents’ remote farmhouse (Kris Kristofferson & Sissy Spacek). Meanwhile the cops are on their trail (Treat Williams & Kate Mara). Who will survive the holiday? “Deadfall” (2012) is a wintery crime thriller in the mold of “Fargo” (1996), “A Simple Plan” (1998) and “Wind River” (2017). It’s the least of these due to contrivances and occasional bad scripting, like the police chief’s eye-rolling verbal abuse of his daughter (I’m not saying mistreatment like this doesn’t occur, just that it could be written & executed more convincingly). Yet the snowy, sylvan landscapes are great and the thrills are constant. Plus there are some interesting neo-noir dramatic threads and you can’t beat the notable cast, including the striking Olivia (who looks like she needs to eat some hamburgers). The film runs 1 hour, 34 minutes, and was shot in Quebec, in areas outside Montreal. GRADE: B-/B