Steve, a census-taker (Jeremy Sisto, Six Feet Under and Law & Order) is sent to Rockwell Falls on an assignment, a small isolated town of 436 who harbor a dark secret which they'd rather not let the outside world know about. Unfortunately, Steve has to spend some time there as his tires have a flat. Instantly he's taken by the charms of the lovely Courtney Lovett, he enjoys his stay until he stumbles on the aforementioned 'dark secret'
It's hard to critique this film as it's moderately well acted and the story is moderately involving enough that I didn't instantly regret watching it. It's just that the 'isolated town with a dark secret' type film has been done many many times before and there's absolutely nothing new that this film adds to the sub-genre (aside from a horrendous ending that doesn't jar well with anything else in the film in the least, the movie will bring a strong sense of deja-vu for anyone who's seen any of this type of film) Kudos to Fred Durst for not completely and utterly stinking the film up, but that's all the accolades that I can give the film.
My Grade: C-
It's hard to critique this film as it's moderately well acted and the story is moderately involving enough that I didn't instantly regret watching it. It's just that the 'isolated town with a dark secret' type film has been done many many times before and there's absolutely nothing new that this film adds to the sub-genre (aside from a horrendous ending that doesn't jar well with anything else in the film in the least, the movie will bring a strong sense of deja-vu for anyone who's seen any of this type of film) Kudos to Fred Durst for not completely and utterly stinking the film up, but that's all the accolades that I can give the film.
My Grade: C-