She thinks she has a conscience that Ray and Pluto lack, but she’s just as guilty in the murders as they are, while keeping a disassociation from the violence. She’s tries to be their conscience, to steer them right when things go wrong. They don’t view violence as an evil, but as a necessary tool to get what they want.Ĭynda Williams plays Fantasia, the young girl along for the ride with them. He’s especially never had to kill anybody in the line of duty.īilly Bob Thornton and Michael Beach play Ray and Pluto, two hardened criminals who just committed murder to score cash and drugs and will murder more if they have to, if anyone stands in their way. It joins the ranks of Fargo, Heat or even Goodfellas for that matter.īill Paxton plays Dale “Hurricane” Dixon, the local sheriff of a small Arkansas town, the kind of town you see in movies where the local lawman talks about how he hasn’t had to pull his sidearm in years. And so, One False Move, to me, is among the best films about cops and criminals ever made. A movie that actually has something to say.

It’s not often that a movie such as this decides to rise above and be about something more than bullets, blood and car chases, but when it does, you’re looking at something very special and meaningful. Now, here is a movie that, on its surface, is about something we’ve seen a million times: Criminals, in a world of violence, come to a head with law enforcement with typically bloody results. Starring Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton, Michael Beach and Cynda Williams Written by Billy Bob Thornton and Tom Epperson

One false move