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Tuesday, 15 August 2006 01:08 |
Timothy Olyphant plays the central character of Sonny, who has returned to his small Florida village after serving several years in jail for drug smuggling. He's now looking to receive the $200,000 in compensation he was promised by the local crime boss (William Forsythe) and his nephew (Josh Lucas), who are more than a little reluctant to pay up.
Instead, they blow to smithereens the small shack in which Sonny is staying, killing his oyster farmer father (Scott Wilson) in the process. Sonny goes to stay with his best friend (Josh Brolin), now the town sheriff, and is soon involved in a torrid affair with his wife (Sarah Wynter).
Despite the various melodramatic plot elements, "Coastlines" never achieves any dramatic tension, due in no small part to the filmmaker's unhurried style and penchant for stressing subtle atmospherics over plot. Unfortunately, none of the characters on display here are particularly interesting, and we never come to care about their contrived fates.
Lacking the suspense that the overheated narrative would seem to promise, "Coastlines" rolls along in a plodding fashion, as if overcome by the oppressive humid heat of its setting.
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