Blackway (2015)

An ex-logger comes to the aid of a woman who returns to her hometown in the Pacific Northwest and finds herself harassed and stalked by a former cop turned crime lord.

Director:

Daniel Alfredson

Writers:

Castle Freeman Jr. (based on the book by), Joe Gangemi (screenplay by)

Stars:

Anthony Hopkins, Julia Stiles, Ray Liotta

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Anthony Hopkins	...	Lester
Julia Stiles	...	Lillian
Ray Liotta	...	Blackway
Alexander Ludwig	...	Nate
Lochlyn Munro	...	Murdoch
Hal Holbrook	...	Whizzer
Dale Wilson	...	Sheriff Wingate
John Tierney	...	Coop
Glenn Beck	...	D.B.
Steve Bacic	...	Fitzgerald
Kendra Hesketh	...	Cynthia
Audrey Smallman	...	Fitz's Daughter
William Belleau	...	Middle Logger
Travis MacDonald	...	Small Logger
Aaron Pearl	...	Scotty Cavanaugh

Storyline

A modern fable set against the rugged backdrop of a Pacific Northwest logging community, this is the story of Lillian (Julia Stiles), a young woman newly returned to her hometown who becomes the subject of harassment by a man named Blackway (Ray Liotta), an ex-cop turned violent crime lord who operates with impunity in this small community on the edge of the wilderness. Forsaken by the local townspeople, advised by Sheriff Wingate (Dale Wilson) to leave town, Lillian decides instead to take a stand against her sociopathic stalker, and enlists the help of an ex-logger Lester (Sir Anthony Hopkins) and his laconic young sidekick Nate (Alexander Ludwig), the only two men in town brave enough, or crazy enough, to go with her, and go up against Blackway.

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Plot Keywords:

woman with a gun | stalker | woman in jeopardy | intruder | loss of daughter | 

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Taglines:

Sometimes revenge is the only answer.

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Genres:

Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, menace, language and brief nudity

Did You Know?

Trivia

The name "Blackway" is said in this movie sixty-six times.

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Goofs

When Lester was shot in the back with the high-power hunting rifle he would have dropped dead in his tracks with a hole large enough to put your fist in. I have shot many big game and there is a huge hole where the bullet departs the chest cavity.

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Quotes

Lester: Cancer, car wreck, drugs, dope. Suicide. Relatives. You name it, it's all... it's always going to be something. It's all in the game... Yeah. None of us gets out of this life without some bad stuff comes looking for us. Keep our heads down, hope it passes us by. Or we can, you know, just do what we're doing now.
Lillian: What's that?
Lester: We're gonna meet the son of a bitch, aren't we? Head to head, face to face.

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Soundtracks

That's OK
Performed by Redfish
Written by Steve Butler, Dean Gordon-Smith, Joshua Evans, Edward Hagman and Ian Jones
Courtesy of Redfish Music

User Reviews

Really good proformaces. Decently made movie.

I've seen this at least a few times now, I get this film once and a while from my library, it's really good.

I'm not saying that it's anything too special but it's quite good none the less. The title I found it under was called "Blackway" the name of the main villain that Ray Liotta plays in the film. I'm surprised that the title was changed from "Go with me" because I thought only the book it's based on was called that, plus I thought it went into production under the title "Logging" since the character Anthony Hopkins plays works at a logging yard.

About the story, it's your typical evil sheriff that has the whole town scared of him, that has his hands into everything illegal type, but I feel that it's done at least a little fresh in this. Also the three heroes of the film, Anthony, the kid who plays Nathan and Julia Styles character go after looking for Blackway, to his illegal businesses and finally to his home to kill him. The action scenes are minimal at best since this is a thriller, but the running time is short enough that the action is satisfying to watch.

It's a simple story really, the reason our heroes go after Blackway is they have crossed paths with him and he has ruined their lives to some existent, I won't go into spoilers because I feel you should experience it for yourself.

On to the acting, the acting is quite good here, Ray Liotta is a good villain as usual, lately he has been in some stupid films and TV shows but I'm at least glad to see him in something decent for a change. Julia Styles is good as well, and she plays Lillian, Blackway's latest victim. I haven't seen her in very much, I have just recently seen her in "Save the Last Dace" which wasn't too bad. Anthony Hopkins plays the lead character Lester, honestly he is always great in a lot of films he is in, including this one. This is basically the latest film I've seen him in, I have recently seen him in the latest "Transformers" film which was at least better than it's predecessor, but honestly I could care less for that franchise, in the best way. The kid who plays Nathan, I'm sorry I don't know him, but he was good. I think I've seen him in "The Final Girls" if it's who I'm thinking about, the movie was alright and his performance was OK.

Overall a decently made thriller that is quite re-watchable. I give it 6/10. Sure it's flawed but what movie isn't, check it out.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 June 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

Go with Me

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$8,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$16,458, 12 June 2016

Gross USA:

$27,079

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$426,491

Company Credits

Production Co:

Enderby Entertainment, Gotham Group

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1