Starring: Aaron Paul, Josh Wiggins, Juliette Lewis, Deke Garner
Director: Kat Candler
Running Time: 94 mins
Certificate: 15
Release Date: January 12th 2015 (UK)

DVD covers don’t always 100% reflect the actual movie, and that certainly seems the case with Retribution. Looking at the cover you could be forgiven for thinking the film is an action thriller, but it’s not, it’s actually a rather serious indie drama.

The movie itself – originally called Hellion – is set in Texas and centres on 13-year-old Jacob ( Josh Wiggins), an angry and difficult young man who’s only one step away from juvenile detention. He’s still deep in grief for his dead mother, not helped much by his emotionally distant father, Hollis (Aaron Paul), who’s barely holding on himself. [Read more…]