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Once Fallen

2010 · 89 min

A grim, earnest prodigal-son drama that keeps dragging its hopeful hero back toward violence and old debts.

Tagline
The hardest part about moving on is saying goodbye
Overview
When Chance (Brian Presley) returns home after five years in jail, he is determined to escape his past, start a new life and make peace with his father, (Ed Harris, Golden Globe® winner), who is the head of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang and serving a life sentence for murder. Upon his release, his dreams of a crime-free future begin to disintegrate when he is forced to assume his best friend's outrageous debt to a local mobster. Despite being thrust back into a world of organized fighting, drug dealing and ties to corrupt police agents, Chance falls in love with Pearl (Academy Award® nominee Taraji P. Henson) and the prospect of living a normal life seems almost within reach. But will he be able to escape the crimes of his father and his past?

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • redemption
  • family
  • crime
  • guilt
  • love
Places
  • big city
  • prison
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror2
Humour2
Realism7
Romance5
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, action, crime
Directed by
Ash Adams
Written by
Ash Adams
Starring
Brian Presley, Ed Harris, Taraji P. Henson, Amy Madigan, Peter Weller, Ash Adams, Chad Lindberg, Sharon Gless
Music
Jeff Beal
Cinematography
Tarin Anderson
Runtime
89 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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