Directed by:
Oren ShaiScreenplay:
Oren ShaiCinematography:
Jay KeitelComposer:
Ali HelnweinCast:
Jocelin Donahue, Kelly Lynch, Jim Beaver, Izabella Miko, Jamie Harris, Liam Aiken, AJ Bowen, Dustin Cook, Hugh B. HolubPlots(1)
Filmed in the California desert on Super 16mm, THE FRONTIER weaves elements of classic noir, American western, and the hard-boiled paperbacks of the 50s to create a timeless world within which the film's colorful characters roam. Shadowy, textured, and wonderfully lush, THE FRONTIER looks like it popped out of the front cover of a gritty paperback novel. A female drifter (Jocelin Donahue, The House of the Devil) discovers a violent gang of thieves at a desert motel run by a mysterious woman (Kelly Lynch, Drugstore Cowboy) and hatches a plan to escape with their stolen cash. (Kino Lorber)
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With The Frontier, it's interesting that you actually don't know what to expect. Especially because for a large part of the time, you actually don't know the motivations of the characters. And once you find out, you don't know whether to trust them. A small setting, and interesting characters, but it's definitely not brought to a satisfying conclusion, and gradually it turns into a rather ordinary movie where shooting takes over.
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