''The Hollow'' is a 2016 American

crime film Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...

, directed and written by

Miles Doleac Miles Christopher Doleac (born November 26, 1975) is an American actor, director, writer and producer. He has had acting roles in several films and television shows since 2011 including ''Watchmen, Lovecraft Country, Treme, Sleepy Hollow, Ameri ...

. The film won 3 awards (Best Actor, Supporting Actor, and Cinematography) at the 2016

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Plot

When a U.S. congressman’s daughter, passing through a small town in

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, dies in a mysterious triple homicide, a team of F.B.I. agents investigate. Lead agent, Vaughn Killinger (

James Callis James Nicholas Callis (born 4 June 1971) is a British actor. He is known for playing Dr. Gaius Baltar in the re-imagined ''Battlestar Galactica'' miniseries and television series, and Bridget Jones's best friend Tom in ''Bridget Jones's Diar ...

), battles personal demons as his partner, Sarah Desoto ( Christiane Seidel), tries to hold him and the case together. They find a struggling and corrupt sheriff’s department, run by a chief deputy (

), who runs drugs for a shadowy figure, John Dawson ( William Forsythe), who seems to be pulling all of the town’s strings from his antebellum mansion on the outskirts of town.

Cast

as Vaughn Killinger *

Jeff Fahey Jeffrey David Fahey (, born November 29, 1952) is an American film and television actor. He has portrayed Captain Frank Lapidus on the ABC series ''Lost'' and the title role of Deputy Marshal Winston MacBride on ''The Marshal''. Early life and ...

as Darryl Everett * William Sadler as Sheriff Beau McKinney * William Forsythe as Big John Dawson * Christiane Seidel as Sarah Desoto *

David Warshofsky David Warshofsky (born David A. Warner; February 23, 1961) is an American film, television and stage actor. Life and career Warshofsky was born David A. WarnerAccording to the State of California. ''California Birth Index, 1905-1995''. Center fo ...

as Principal Adam Markey *

as Ray Everett *Candice Michele Barley as Trisha Everett

Reception

The film received mixed reviews from critics. Review aggregator

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reports an approval rating of 40%, with an average rating of 5.2/10, based on 5 reviews.

Awards

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hollow, The (2016 film) 2016 films 2016 crime films 2010s English-language films