Overview

• The film bowed in TIFF’s Midnight Madness to a rowdy, enthusiastic crowd, drawing broadly positive first reviews.
• Odenkirk stars as Ulysses, a provisional sheriff in a Minnesota town who is pulled into a violent standoff after a bank robbery exposes buried secrets.
• Directed by Ben Wheatley from a script by Derek Kolstad with a story credit for Odenkirk, the movie blends dark humor with relentless, practical-action set pieces.
• Early write-ups compare its tone to Wheatley’s Free Fire and genre touchstones like Fargo, Die Hard and the John Wick series.
• WME is handling sales as the 90-minute film seeks distribution; the ensemble includes Henry Winkler, Lena Headey, Jess McLeod, Ryan Allen, Billy MacLellan, Brendan Fletcher and Reena Jolly.