Dig Assessment

PLOT: A homicidal couple holds a house salvager and his deaf teenage daughter hostage, forcing them to dig up one thing they buried beneath a patio.

REVIEW: Thomas Jane as soon as performed the Marvel Comics character The Punisher, however within the opening scenes of director Okay. Asher Levin’s thriller Dig his character Scott Brennan is extra harking back to Thor, making a spectacle of himself by threatening individuals with a hammer. He first wields the hammer when he wades into a celebration to retrieve his teenage daughter Jane (performed by Jane’s real-life daughter Harlow Jane, whose mom is Patricia Arquette). Then when he sees that somebody who minimize him off on the highway is on the subsequent pump over at a fuel station, he grabs his hammer once more. That is when Brennan learns the folly of bringing a hammer to a gunfight, as his robust man act on the fuel station leads to his spouse being shot useless and his daughter being deafened by the sound of the shot.

The story then strikes forward greater than a 12 months to search out that Brennan and Jane are, understandably, having bother getting alongside. She blames him for getting her mother killed and destroying her listening to, and he blames her for the state of affairs in return. If she hadn’t gone to the occasion, they wouldn’t have been out that evening. Now Levin and screenwriters Banipal Ablakhad and Benhur Ablakhad proceed to place Brennan and Jane by a harrowing ordeal that may make sure that they’re in a position to reconnect as father and daughter… however it’s additionally one thing that they may not survive.

Brennan works in residence reworking and salvaging, and thru his job he catches the eye of Victor (Emile Hirsch) and Lola (Liana Liberato), a pair of goofy, over-the-top redneck criminals. Victor and Lola have a stash home out within the desert, the place one thing essential and really incriminating is buried below the patio. Now a housing improvement goes to be constructed the place the stash home sits, there’s going to be a number of development and digging occurring on the market – so Victor and Lola must get what’s below that patio and transfer it. They usually want instruments Brennan makes use of in his career to do the digging.

Brennan thinks he’s doing simply one other job, so he takes Jane together with him. She will be able to keep of their camper out again whereas he and his worker work inside the home. However then Victor and Lola present up with their weapons… and for greater than half of the film, Brennan and Jane are within the clutches of those bloodthirsty knuckleheads, being compelled to dig for them. And compelled to witness them kill different people who find themselves unfortunate sufficient to cross paths with them.

Dig is an entertaining thriller with a robust emotional core, the drama between Brennan and his daughter. It’s additionally a slightly foolish and inconceivable one, the place it’s a must to let some logic slide and watch characters make ridiculous choices. You additionally need to go together with the truth that Brennan and Jane have plot armor, as a result of Victor and Lola are cold-blooded killers and have ample alternative to homicide their captives, however for some purpose they don’t pull the triggers of their weapons in these moments. They maintain messing round lengthy sufficient to let their captives get away from them. A number of instances. However even if any viewer goes to know that issues wouldn’t actually work out this manner, the movie nonetheless manages to be an excellent time. Although Brennan by no means will get his hammer again out.

The worst half about watching Dig is the sound combine, as you may end up growing the amount to be able to hear what characters are saying, after which Levin makes an attempt to blow out your eardrums, like what occurred to Jane, along with his odd musical decisions. The music on this film is way louder than the dialogue, which brings a degree of irritation to the viewing expertise.

You possibly can at all times depend on Thomas Jane to show in a strong efficiency, and he does that after once more with this film. Hirsch and Liberato seem to have loved chewing the surroundings, which works for his or her characters. Harlow Jane is essentially the most spectacular of the bunch, as that is one in every of her first performing roles. This can most likely be the introduction to her for lots of viewers, and she or he makes an excellent first impression. Her efficiency is sort of fully silent, however she is ready to get throughout all the anger, worry, heartbreak, and desperation that Jane feels over the course of the movie. It is going to be fascinating to see the place her profession goes from right here.

Saban Movies is giving Dig a theatrical, digital, and VOD launch on September 23rd.

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