One False Move (1992)

It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

Gosh, I found this movie to be overrated.Many favorable reviews have applauded the depth of characterization in this film. Frankly, I found the characters to be quite caricatured and stereotypical, from Bill Paxton's small-town cop with big dreams, to loony toons villains Billy Bob Thornton and Michael Beach (although played menacingly enough).Plot-wise, there were really no interesting twists and turns in this film. The dialogue is mostly just aggressive or profane. The reveal of the relationship between Hurricane and Fantasia is fine enough, but the writing of the interaction between those characters is so void of subtext; it almost feels a bit like a soap-opera.The film looks nice, the locations are evocative and the performances are generally quite good. But the best film of 1992, according to Gene Siskel!? Hmph.

Greetings from Lithuania."One False Move" (1992) is s great thriller, with excellent script from Billy Bob Thornton. Acting was also very very solid by everyone involved. I was really involved into this movie, it got me hocked from the get go. This is at the same time straightforward thriller, but after some 25 min you will notice that it is not actually. It tels more stories, personal ones as well as about one small town police officer who want to go big. And more, much more.Overall, "One False Move" is more then a simple thriller. It has superb script which in my opinion should have been nominated for Oscar as best original screenplay. It also has a very solid acting by everyone involved. It perfectly captures the mood of the place. It's also a bloody movie, it is not about violence though, although it doesn't shine away from it. Great movie.

Dear Billy Bob Thorton, how are things? How's Bad Santa 2 going? Its sad Terry Zwigoff is not a part of the project. I'm a big fan of yours.I watched One False Move. It is so overrated. I know you wrote it.It was a pretty brave film. You wrote a film with a lot of inter-racial relationships. Some of it was really interesting. I don't think I understood all of it, I am not an American.The film was pretty dull despite the premise with so many interesting relationships. It felt like you were reigning yourself in a little bit.Anyway, Cynda Williams was awesome. She is such a great femme fatale.But I don't really understand the structure of this film. Why did you write it this way? You should have taken a leaf out of some of the thrillers from the 50s and the 60s. The film was also quite long.I liked the whole vibe of this film - the small town and the ridiculous red neck sheriff.Some people on the board seem to love this film.I do not.Best Regards, Pimpin.(5.5/10)

Here's one of the great indie flicks of 1993, where more so it's a film. The story is so well plotted, in what is a flawless movie/detective thriller. What's great about One False Move is we really spend time with the characters, an amazing quality I found here in this BB penned film, where too his threatening and menacing performance as a really bad dude, part of a trio, kind of chills ya, because he can just go off, at any moment. The other two wanted escapees, are a black guy with a very high IQ, and a sexy black woman, who provides a twist later on in the film. The trio are responsible for ripping off a band of drug dealers, and murdering them in a quite disturbing and violent fashion, taking no prisoners. This crime scene is heavy and raw viewing, in what is an impactful blow by blow film. Of course the stealer of the film is Bill Paxton, a likable, hyped up cop, pushing for a higher position, where he might of struck a little bit of opportunity, when assisting out of state cops. They're here to stop the three, who could be heading towards Paxton's town, where relatives of the black escapee, could be expecting her to show up. We even delve into the life of Paxton's present wife where the out of town cops, who made me hungry in a couple of scenes, watching them eat, depress at Paxton's place for barbecue time. The criminal trio, doesn't let us forget how dangerous they are, and what they're capable of, even the black woman, who's so all peachy creamy. The ending was kind of worrying as to Paxton's fate, but here is such a bloody well constructed film, that really captures the lives of it's characters, good or bad, big or small. In fact, future screenplay writers, should use this film, as a model example of how to construct tight story, and tight suspense moments, where truly the first ten minutes of BB's baby, really has you, and knocks you on your arse.