![]() ![]() If she doesn’t save herself, what hope do the kids have? Giving her flaws makes her intelligence seem more of a miracle, but it also provides the grist for the viewer. ![]() ![]() She has a long road to go, and she knows her children deserve a better parent than they’ve had. She has more than one moment where her fortitude is truly tested. In the end what we have is one recovering addict dealing with two people who always seem to be high. Who will suffer and why is never really in question. The first major violent act by Jessica is as shocking as it is clever. The story’s violence is original in some ways, puzzling in others. ![]() That her character is created by a woman lends credence to the intellect she approaches when dealing with Lainey at her child’s level. The choices made by Jessica alternate between brilliant and oddly calm given her situation. His camera finds ways to make points rewarding without being extremely obvious. We really get the feeling the house has nothing left to give someone who needs a fresh start. Almost.Ĭaruso’s lens lingers with confidence on the lived in and worn out residence. The set up is complex and slightly convoluted, but the players play it so straight one can almost look past the coincidences. Then danger walks through the door in the form of the father’s child molester and fellow addict Sammy (Gallo). After a series of events, she finds her self shut inside an old pantry with her children waiting outside, cold, hungry and vulnerable. She finds no hope in the broken down home and is on her way to take them to another state. She is desolate, living in the house of her deceased grandmother. Qualley is Jessica, the mother of a young Lainey (VanDette) and even younger boy. The film only suffers with Horowitz wobbly portrayal as an estranged addict father. The choices of Qualley, VanDette pay off, largely. Eager to continue their journey into the world of entertainment, they brought in director Caruso ( I Am Number Four), long lost actor Gallo and a group of younger actors including Qualley, sister of Margaret and daughter of Andie MacDowell. The original owners of the Melanie Toast’s script balked, Daily Wire “pounced” in and bought up the script. Shut In is a film that came out of the development hell created by Covid. After a period of stasis the option expired and Sonnier took it over to The Daily Wire, marking their third collaboration.Starring Rainey Qualley, Jake Horowitz, Luciana VanDette, Vincent Gallo, Penelope Martone The movie was initially set up at New Line with Jason Bateman aboard to direct. Shut In first came to attention as a touted 2019 Black List script, also topping the BloodList in the same year. Exec producers are Daily Wire co-founders Ben Shapiro, Jeremy Boreing, and Caleb Robinson. Producers are Dallas Sonnier ( Bone Tomahawk) and Amanda Presmyk ( Run Hide Fight) of Bonfire Legend, who acquired the film’s script in 2018 from screenwriter Melanie Toast. Caruso filmed the movie around Nashville and Watertown, Tennessee. Pic centers on a young single mother (Qualley) who is held captive along with her two children by a violent ex as she plots their escape before it’s too late. Caruso, stars actress and singer Rainey Qualley ( Love In The Time Of Corona). As we previously reported, the feature also marks the return of controversial and cult actor-director Vincent Gallo (pictured in the movie below). The Black List and BloodList thriller, directed by xXx: The Return Of Xander Cage and Disturbia director D.J. ![]()
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