Shotgun Stories

Resentments fester, then spill over, andsoon a bloody feud develops between the two sides of the bloodline.

...[a] cautionary tale of two groups of feuding half-brothers [that] plays out against the reality of daily life in small-town Arkansas.

...the stage is set for sibling confrontation when Son turns up unannounced at their father's funeral and spits on his grave.

Few films are so observant about how we relate with one another. Few are as sympathetic.

When Shotgun Stories locks into this tragic narrative, it gradually tightens the notch until violence becomes inevitable.