If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

The first must-see film of the year.

Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

This low budget, award winning Indie film is a bitter and gritty crime thriller, not for the faint hearted. It involves a slow witted but good hearted southern sheriff (Paxton) of a small town, who's a bit too talky and a bit too slow witted for his own good. He gets in over his head tangling with on-the-lam, murderous drug dealing thugs escaping from Los Angeles and heading to his small, rural town of Star City, Arkansas, where they plan to hide out at friend's house. This film quickly becomes chilling, horrific and riveting. The female drug dealer named Fantasia, a sultry fox of a black woman, has a terrible secret that complicates the entire situation in this southern crime tale. Billy Bob Thornton's screenplay is superb, as is his acting (and that of his co-stars including Michael Beech and Bill Paxton), which helps us identify, if not quite like the character 'Ray'. The haunting climax aided by a well used blues soundtrack is also worthy of specific recognition, but in short this movie will not disappoint any audience appreciating an interesting story.Modelled on a High Noon good guys Vs bad guys like destiny, narrative also has little observations on racism and the class divide between big city America and small town Americana. Sly little reveals in the script such as a policeman's alcohol problem show good attention to detail by the makers. While Franklin has a wonderful way with his camera, only revealing enough for us to fill in the blanks, and often his camera is used as a character POV device, with close ups and cuts blending seamlessly with mood of the story. The cast are uniformly strong, with the stand outs Williams, Paxton and Thornton reaching down deep to give their respective characters some stunning grittiness, doling out sadness, misguidedness and rage with a believability that's as impressive as it is riveting to watch.Overall rating: 9 out of 10.

Greetings from Lithuania."One False Move" (1992) is s great thriller, with excellent script from Billy Bob Thornton. Acting was also very very solid by everyone involved. I was really involved into this movie, it got me hocked from the get go. This is at the same time straightforward thriller, but after some 25 min you will notice that it is not actually. It tels more stories, personal ones as well as about one small town police officer who want to go big. And more, much more.Overall, "One False Move" is more then a simple thriller. It has superb script which in my opinion should have been nominated for Oscar as best original screenplay. It also has a very solid acting by everyone involved. It perfectly captures the mood of the place. It's also a bloody movie, it is not about violence though, although it doesn't shine away from it. Great movie.

I think this movie was made outside mainstream by some little studio . I expected some cheap B-thriller and I was pleasantly surprised. It's a solid thriller . It's not a movie driven by twists, but by characters . It succeeds , because the direction is top notch . The director was able to create some unnerving moments of true tension and when the violence kicks in it's a really painful (emotionally ) experience. This is more of a character driven story not by twists.Also , almost the whole movie resolves around Bill Pulman ("Predator 2") as a Redneck sheriff . He's adorable . There is so much passion in him , a child like naivety and easy going personality . Later in the movie he shows he's darker , more mature side.The other actors give solid support to Pullman . I have to mention Michael Beach who really seems to be cold blooded psycho and good performance by Billy Bob Thornton (who is also the writer of the movie).I give it 7/10.

Just watched ONE FALSE MOVE again for the first time since the VHS era, and am really glad I did. This movie is never on cable TV, at least as far as I can tell, but certainly should be. It's a top notch crime movie that other than a shot of a phone booth, doesn't feel dated at all 20 years later.I'm not going to get into the story or plot, as that's been discussed several times in the preceding comments, so I'll just say that all the actors really hit their marks. Bill Paxton is great as a small town sheriff with an overbearing rah-rah attitude and a dark secret, and a younger Billy Bob as a ruthless killer on the run is downright frightening. Throw in the performances Cynda Williams, Michael Beach, Natalie Canerday, and the actors who played the LA cops, and it all adds up to an awesome 1 hour and 40 minutes that will completely suck you in.I can't recommend it enough.