Overview

• Vertical releases the R-rated, 97-minute thriller in U.S. theaters on Sept. 26.
• Thompson plays Barb, a grieving loner who discovers a captive teenager and risks a rescue in remote Northern Minnesota.
• Brian Kirk directs from a script by Nicholas Jacobson-Larson and Dalton Leeb, with Judy Greer and Marc Menchaca as the kidnappers and Laurel Marsden as the victim.
• Critics highlight Christopher Ross’s stark visuals and Volker Bertelmann’s tension-building score, with Finland standing in for Minnesota.
• Reception notes Thompson’s commanding lead performance, with recurring critiques of thin characterization for the teen and momentum-sapping flashbacks; Gaia Wise appears as young Barb in those scenes.