Rushlights [Blu-ray]

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Ellen dies from a heroin overdose. About the same time her uncle Niles in Tremo, Texas also dies, leaving her everything. Her look-a-like roommate/user/waitress (Sarah Haley Webb) and her new boyfriend Billy (Josh Henderson) devise a scheme for Sarah to impersonate the dead Ellen and get the "7 figure" inheritance in a small town where everyone is related and has secrets.

Cameron (Aidan Quinn) is the attorney for the estate. His brother Bob (Beau Bridges) is the sheriff while Belle (Lorna Raver)their mother was Niles' housekeeper. The plot includes private letters with secrets, revealing DVDs, and murder.

The movie held my interest from stem to stern. There are twists which you see coming and twists which you don't. There were a few moments of dark comedy. It is a well put together film with a semi-grindhouse plot and Louisiana bayou musical score.

Written, directed, and produced by Antoni Stutz.

Parental Guide: F-bomb, sex. No nudity...

Had Possibilities (Past Tense)
An okay film if one had absolutely nothing else with which to entertain oneself. Story line fell short of expectations.

Rushlights, Not a Bad Potboiler but a little too stylized for its own good.
Looking for another reason not to visit Texas? Rushlights is one weird, but beautifully shot indie film about a couple Billy (Dallas' Josh Henderson) and Sarah (Haley Webb, Final Destination) scheme to get millions by impersonating her dead friend to get an inheritance. As Billy says early in the film, everyone has a story to tell and their past come back to haunt them.

Sounds like a easy plan, show up, claim to be a dead girl and walk away with millions. Things go well until everyone and their mother in Tremo, Tx - including Sheriff Sheriff Robert Brogden, Jr. (Beau Bridges), the scheming couple's lawyer Cameron Brogden (Aidan Quinn), a mysterious long lost son and Sarah's former drug dealer wants a piece of the action. There's even a little procedural elements thrown in, when we find out that the victim was actually murdered.

Writer/Director Antoni Stutz, (was co-written by does an admirable job in his 2nd film and infuses it with some nice cinematography...

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