The Hollow

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The Hollow

Released Oct 7, 2016

2h 8m

Crime

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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When a U.S. congressman's daughter, passing through a small town in Mississippi, dies in a mysterious triple homicide, a team of FBI agents investigates. Lead agent Vaughn Killinge (James Callis) battles personal demons as his tough-as-nails partner, Sarah Desoto, 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 and feared figure, John Dawson, who seems to be pulling all of the town's strings.

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Noel Murray

Los Angeles Times

While the dialogue is colorful and the acting strong, this is ultimately a 90-minute neo-noir stretched unnecessarily past two hours.

Oct 6, 2016

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Emilie Black

Cinema Crazed

The Hollow is a good whodunit-style suspense thriller with enough characters to make one's head spin. These are kept in order with good writing and directing as well as talented performances.

Rated: 3.5/5

Apr 19, 2020

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David Noh

Film Journal International

This overheated Southern-fried crime thriller was maybe left out in the sun too long to cool off.

Oct 11, 2016

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Brian Orndorf

Blu-ray.com

A lethargic effort in desperate need of more judicious editing.

Rated: C-

Oct 6, 2016

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Sherilyn Connelly

SF Weekly

Miles Doleac's The Hollow is a fun little genre potboiler that gets it right.

Oct 5, 2016

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Leta S

The very worst in every way possible.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

04/13/24

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ronald h

I've never seen so many clichés and stereotypes in one movie: Mississippi rednecks, crooked cops, backwoods southern evangelicals, a corrupt town "boss," two FBI agents having an illicit affair. It's all been done so many times before, how could a screenwriter possibly justify it? Just to give an example of the characters here, the opening scene features a sheriff's deputy (married with kids) getting oral sex in his cop car from a 16 year old cheerleader. A black guy pulls up to his window and interrupts the proceedings to buy some meth. Yes, the deputy is also the local dealer. The plot involves a congressman's young daughter, running away to elope with her fiancé. The two of them pull off into a remote country spot to have sex and spend the night, and somebody shoots them. The FBI is called in because of the girl's father. Everybody in this town is a scumbag: the sheriff, who knows about the meth dealing but does nothing about it; the high school principal, who regularly sexually abuses a female student with a paddle and videotapes it; the town "boss," who kills off anybody who inconveniences him. The FBI agents are no angels, either. The male agent is an out of control alcoholic, and the female agent is in love with him for no apparent reason. Add in lots of annoying southern rock on the soundtrack, and you've pretty much got the idea. There's no point in elaboration or analysis. It's just one big long cliché. 1 1/2 stars because the meth dealing deputy eventually tries to redeem himself-----as if anybody cares.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

The movie was exciting like the first 40 minutes. Then it got boring. At the end the Federal Agent killed the bad guy then planted the gun on someone else made the ending horrible.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Audience Member

Stupid stereotypical movie with a bad cast of characters. The plot line is weak and unoriginal. The only interesting development is to see the local deputy go from a major scumbag to a dad and husband with a heart who deeply cares for his family.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

10/17/18

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This is possibly the worst movie I've ever seen. So scattered. Soap opera-like, and it's supposed to be a CRIME/THRILLER movie!!!! Two hours of my life I'll never get back!!!!!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Audience Member

How bad can a movie get? Watch this one and see.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

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When a U.S. congressman's daughter, passing through a small town in Mississippi, dies in a mysterious triple homicide, a team of FBI agents investigates. Lead agent Vaughn Killinge (James Callis) battles personal demons as his tough-as-nails partner, Sarah Desoto, 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 and feared figure, John Dawson, who seems to be pulling all of the town's strings.

Director: Miles Doleac
Producer: Miles Doleac, Ryan H. Jackson, Mackenzie Westmoreland
Screenwriter: Miles Doleac
Distributor: Uncork'd Entertainment
Production Co: Historia Films
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 7, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 25, 2017
Runtime: 2h 8m

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