GurlyIamBeach Instant Favorite.

JinRoz For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!

Beystiman It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

Fleur Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

Sankari_Suomi While hunting in the woods one day, an alcoholic poacher picks the wrong target and precipitates a series of events that threatens to destroy his life and the financial security of the married woman with whom he is having an illicit affair. Set in the filthy backwaters of West Virginia, this grim story of love and revenge is a fine example of the popular and well established Redneck Noir genre.I rate A Single Shot at 23.31 on the Haglee Scale, which works out as a gritty 7/10 on IMDB

Leofwine_draca A SINGLE SHOT is a cheap and digital thriller with a gloomy look. I was expecting a lot from it but it turns out to have very ordinary scripting and some depressingly bleak cinematography that makes the whole viewing experience rather worthless in my eyes. The suspense is barely existent and the entire cast unlikeable, which makes getting into the story a real problem. The presence of William H. Macy in the cast reveals they were hoping for a modern-day FARGO although the plot is more like A SIMPLE PLAN; sadly, this film is nowhere near the quality of either movie, despite the presence of acting dependables including Jeffrey Wright, Ted Levine, and Jason Isaacs.

David Arnold Hunter John Moon (Sam Rockwell) is out (illegally) hunting for deer when he mistakenly shoots a young woman. Obviously not being able to call the authorities and list it as a hunting accident, he hides her body in a nearby dumpster bin. He also finds a small case full of money and decides to keep it. Unfortunately, as time goes by, he realises that someone is tormenting him and sending clues that they know what he has done so what was supposed to have been a forgotten incident by Moon, turns into a cat & mouse chase for survival.A Single Shot is an EXTREMELY slow going movie which is such a pity because it doesn't take long for the main incident to happen. Once this happened I thought it would start to pick up but unfortunately it didn't. I mean I know there has to be character & story development but even that is slow to develop. If it's cat & mouse then it must be one hell of a slow cat because nothing of note really happens until about an hour in, and even then it still doesn't pick up.The story itself is a good one, but it was just played out so slowly without going anywhere. I usually don't mind slow going movies if I can get into them, but this one I couldn't get into at all and what didn't help in that regard was that I could hardly understand a single word being said, even when my volume was up high. I mean it's hard to understand a lot of the dialogue when the actors have their jaws clenched together and speak through their lips in a southern State accent. Add this together with nothing much happening and it was 2 hours of boredom. Such a shame because it has a very, very decent cast as well (Sam Rockwell, William H. Macy, Ted Levine, Jason Isaacs) but unfortunately even they couldn't do anything to make this film more interesting.A Single Shot should be given a single viewing and nothing more.

leonblackwood Review: It's amazing how an honest mistake can spiral out of control when you try and take matters into your own hands. That is definitely the case in this movie. When Sam Rockwell mistakingly kills a young girl whilst hunting deer in the woods, he decides to take matters into his own hands and ends up finding loads of cash were she is staying. From there, the whole story spirals out of control and the jobless recluse becomes hunted down by various criminals who want there money back. The storyline was well put together and the director really did think every aspect through. The obvious thing to do, if you shoot someone by mistake, is to go to the police straight away, but when you have some many things stacked up against you, like Sam Rockwell character, you tend to panic and do the first thing that comes to mind, even if you live to regret it. Anyway, I enjoyed the movie and I never lost interest because I wanted to see were the director was going to take the storyline. The acting was great, especially from Jeffrey Wright and the showdown at the end was well thought through. Enjoyable!Round-Up: Sam Rockwell is another one of those actors that gives his all, no matter what the budget or the size of the movie. After starring in big budget movies like Iron Man 2 and the Green Mile, and small movies like Moon and Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind, he has become a bankable star but he doesn't let his fame go to his head. As for the other actors in the movie, they all put in believable performances but the film isn't one that you can watch time and time again. The pace was pretty slow which brings tension to the whole film but it does drag in parts. On the whole it's a watchable movie which is very well written but could have been shorter.Budget: N/A Worldwide Gross: $20,000 (Terrible!)I recommend this movie to people who are into there intense drama/thriller movies about a hunter who kills a young woman by mistake and finds himself hunted by criminals. 5/10