One False Move

    One False Move
    1992

    Synopsis

    Following a series of drug deals and murders, three criminals -- Fantasia, Ray Malcolm and Pluto -- travel from Los Angeles to Houston, finally arriving in a small Arkansas town to go into hiding. Two detectives from the LAPD, who are already on the case, contact the town's sheriff, Dale Dixon, to alert him of the fugitives' presence in the area. Underestimating Dixon, the criminals have no idea what they are about to face.

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    Cast

    • Bill PaxtonDale 'Hurricane' Dixon
    • Billy Bob ThorntonRay Malcolm
    • Cynda WilliamsFantasia
    • Michael BeachPluto
    • Jim MetzlerDud Cole
    • Earl BillingsMcFeely
    • Jimmy BridgesBobby
    • Natalie CanerdayCheryl Ann
    • Robert GinnavenCharlie
    • Robert Anthony BellByron

    Recommendations

    • 100

      Chicago Tribune

      Mixing moments of genuine terror with offbeat comedy, writers Tom Epperson and Thornton have created a script that jumps along wih the energy of "In Cold Blood."
    • 100

      Orlando Sentinel

      Director Carl Franklin takes a simple premise and treats it so straightforwardly that the result is jarring - at times, even powerful.
    • 91

      Entertainment Weekly

      Part of what makes One False Move so engrossing is the way the characters keep revealing new, darker sides. The movie is about hidden American links — between city and country, cop and criminal, and the black and white subcultures of the rural South.
    • 88

      Baltimore Sun

      One False Move doesn't make a single false move its own self: It's as tough and gripping as they come. It's the first movie I've seen in months where, when I was walking out, I thought to myself, "Damn! I wanna see that one again!"
    • 88

      Philadelphia Inquirer

      The dialogue and action in One False Move seems instinctive and unforced. There isn't an iota of caricature, there isn't an affectation of "style," there isn't a false note sounded.
    • 88

      The Seattle Times

      Franklin's special gift is in illuminating the contact point between ordinary human folly and heinous crime.
    • 80

      Empire

      First-time director Franklin, a former actor, proves himself remarkably adept behind the camera, wringing the plot for every bit of tension, then sitting back and letting his cast stew in it.
    • 80

      Variety

      Working for the most part in straightforward style, director Carl Franklin achieves considerable suspense by pitting the frailties of each party against the other.