Title: 1922
Rating: NR
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Suspense
Directed By: Zak Hilditch
Cast:Thomas Jane, Molly Parker, Dylan Schmid, Kaitlyn Bernard, Brian d'Arcy James, Neal McDonough, Bob Frazer
In Theaters: Oct 20, 2017 Limited
On Disc/Streaming: Oct 20, 2017
Runtime: 101 minutes
We eventually reap what we sow, some reap sooner, some later. For Wilfred James a poor farmer in Nebraska, he reaped sooner than later.
Wilfred lived in Nebraska with Arlett, his wife and Henry, his son. Arlett inherited a huge plot of land from her father. She wanted them to sell the land and move with her family to Ohama and start a new life. But Wilfred didn't settle with that idea. He wanted them to keep living there, leaving the land for Henry as an inheritance when they are dead. It became a huge misunderstanding between the couples. Arlett came up with an idea, that they sell 100acres and a farm, split the money and divorce, still Wilf refused.
One day, Wilf called Henry using Shannon, Henry new love interest as bait, he tried to convince him to murder Arlett. He told him that if they sell the land and divorce, Henry will move to town with his mother and he won't be able to see Shannon again. Henry agreed and aided his father to murder his mother.
Things didn't go as they thought, Henry's life became a failure and Wilf was haunted by his guilt and rats.
** POSITIVE ELEMENTS**
Wolf's method is bad, very bad but he loved his son. He wanted to leave something for his son. He wanted his son to inherit the land that is why he didn't want to sell. He looked out for Henry the best way he could.
VIOLENT CONTENT
Father and son use a blunt knife to slit a woman's throat, there was blood all over.
A rat bite Wilf causing him to bleed and he killed it.
A pregnant girl gets shot.
People are attacked and robbed, a man got hit with a stone in his head.
SPIRITUAL CONTENT
While Wilf was convincing Henry into murder, he said if someone Arlett) dies on man's time not God's, if she's cut short before atonement of sin, her errors will be forgiven. Henry asked him if they will go to hell, Wilf said we see heaven around us. He also said God rewards for good deeds and Satan rewards for bad.
There was a funeral service in church.
A ghost of a woman kept vising Wilf.
SEXUAL CONTENT
Arlett Makes fun of Shannon sexually.
CRUDE/PROFANE WORDS
God's name was abused once.
ALCOHOL/DRUG
Wilfred smokes, Henry and Wilf take beer. Arlett gets drunk in beer. Wilf drinks whiskey.
OTHER NEGATIVE ELEMENTS
It's the duty of parents to train up their children in the right way, but instead Wilf, due to selfishness and jealousy convinced his son to help him murder his wife.
A 14 year should know by now the difference between good and bad, Henry should have said no but instead he helped his father to murder his mum in cold blood.
Most of the things that went wrong in Henry's life was as a result of the absence of a mother.
Henry disobeyed his father and took a drastic decision that ended in ruins.
Arlett herself is not completely innocent, she would have tried to talk with her husband as a good wife would, not trying to force decisions on him.
CONCLUSION
1922 is based on Stephen King's novel and following the success of IT, it is a plus on a big screen. It was set in a farm in Nebraska in the year 1922. Hilditch's' impeccable direction paid off in this tragic drama, ranging from the usage of rats, cattle, criminal couples and ghosts.
1922 is not the kind of horror that will leave you at the edge of your seat (well, not unless you are allergic to rats) but it is a story of murder and guilt. It shows us that we eventually reap what we sow.
Wilfred is not a likeable person, in fact viewers will be glad for what happened but Jane have a way of making him interesting to watch, with his facial expression and clenched teeth. Schmid also made an interesting character off Henry.
We didn't see much of the women and the supporting casts are few. Though the women would have added more juices to this movie, Hilditch gave them little or no role to play. It rather made the movie quite dull. We didn't see more of Shannon and Henry, the movie looks rushed. Despite this 1922 is worth the watch.
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