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and Julia Garner. It is based on the novel of the same name by

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Plot

Sammy is released from prison and moves into a trailer and gets a low level job. On Friday he goes to a bar, starts drinking, and befriends some locals. After spending the weekend with them smoking meth, they convince him to break into a wealthy family's house. The car that takes him to the house abandons him, as he drinks liquor and passes out. He awakens to find himself tied to a chair, by brother and sister, Jammalee and Jason. They act as though it is their house and eventually untie him. When the police show up, all three flee. Jammalee invites Sammy to her trailer but he returns to his trailer instead. He confronts the people who abandoned him, beating a man and getting his belongings. He then decides to go to Jammalee's. Sammy ends up living with Jammalee and Jason in their brother's room who is currently

incarcerated A prison, also known as a jail, gaol (dated, standard English, Australian, and historically in Canada), penitentiary (American English and Canadian English), detention center (or detention centre outside the US), correction center, correcti ...

. Their mother, Bev lives in a home next to theirs and works as a

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. Sammy befriends all three. Sammy and the two siblings continue to break into wealthy people's homes and

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them with information they find. This eventually leads to Jason being murdered. A local police officer pays them off with $5,500, instructing them to leave it alone. He claims people just wanted to beat Jason in order to send him a message but things got out of hand. Soon after, Jammalee leaves town alone and Sammy confronts and fights the townspeople.

Cast

* Julia Garner as Jamalee Merridew *

as Sammy * Anna Friel as Bev Merridew * Nick Roux as Jason Merridew

Reception

On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 67% rating, based on 6 reviews. Paddy Kehoe of RTÉ.ie awarded the film four stars out of five. Donald Clarke of '' The Irish Times'' awarded it three stars out of five. Gwilyn Mumford of '' The Guardian'' gave the film two stars out of five.

References

External links

* * {{Rotten Tomatoes, tomato_red 2017 crime thriller films English-language Canadian films English-language Irish films Canadian crime thriller films Irish crime thriller films Films based on American novels 2010s English-language films 2010s Canadian films