The Reckoning (2014)

After his partner is murdered, a detective must track down two teenage runaways whose video footage contains the identity of the killer.

Director:

John V. Soto

Writer:

John V. Soto

Stars:

Luke Hemsworth, Viva Bianca, Jonathan LaPaglia

3 wins & 4 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Luke Hemsworth	...	Detective Jason Pearson
Viva Bianca	...	Detective Jane Lambert
Jonathan LaPaglia	...	Detective Robbie Green
Hanna Mangan Lawrence	...	Rachel
Alex Williams	...	AJ
Troy Coward	...	Thug
Priscilla-Anne Forder	...	Officer Sally Franklin
Tom O'Sullivan	...	Connor
Amanda Dow	...	Maxine
Kazimir Sas	...	AJ look alike
Clara Helms	...	Police Woman
James Hagan	...	Father Emmett
Emily Howard	...	Girl in cafe
Renato Fabretti	...	Alex
Conrad Le Bron	...	Lukas

Storyline

When a detective is called in to investigate the roadside execution of his partner, he discovers at the crime scene a data card from a video camera. The card contains footage shot by two runaway teenagers who are making a documentary about the drug related death of a sibling. The detective retraces the teen's journey and soon begins to uncover a trail of the dead that leads all the way back to police headquarters.

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Taglines:

Justice will come for you.

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Genres:

Crime | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language, some violence and brief sexuality

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official website

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 October 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

Расплата

Filming Locations:

Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Box Office

Budget:

AUD 2,350,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Reckoning Productions, Filmscope Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Third project to star both Viva Bianca and Hannah Mangan Lawrence. They previously starred together in X:Night of Vengeance and Spartacus.

User Reviews

Kind of feels like a long episode of a popular cop TV show.

'THE RECKONING': Three Stars (Out of Five)

Australian crime-mystery-thriller flick starring the brothers of some well known celebrities; Jonathan LaPaglia (kid brother of Anthony LaPaglia) and Luke Hemsworth (big brother to Chris and Liam Hemsworth). It was written and directed by John V. Soto and also stars Viva Bianca, Hanna Mangan Lawrence and Alex Williams. It tells the story of a cop investigating the murder of his former partner; while also tracking down two troubled teens, linked to the killing. The movie is pretty well made but nothing too memorable.

LaPaglia plays Robbie Green; a detective investigating the roadside murder of his ex-partner Jason Pearson (Hemsworth). He finds an SD card, at the scene of the crime, that contains video shot by two runnaway teens; Rachel (Lawrence) and AJ (Williams). The teens were making a documentary, on the hit-and-run death of Rachel's sister, and the video could contain information leading to Pearson's killer. With the help of Detecitve Jane Lambert (Bianca), Green investigates the crime and finds some pretty shocking and gruesome imagery, on the video, in the process.

I was expecting a pretty poorly made, and mostly boring, B movie crime thriller but this is better than that. The acting is all pretty decent (especially LaPaglia and Lawrence) and the directing isn't too amateurish. It does kind of feel like a long episode of a popular cop TV show, but a good one at least. While the film is more interesting (and better made) than I was expecting, it's still nothing too special and I doubt I'll remember too much about it more than a year from now.

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