But whereas in “Thunder Road” (streaming on Amazon Prime and Kanopy), Cummings’ portrayal of a cop unraveling under pressure seemed fresh and brash, here at times it feels repetitive, like a singer belting out the same song in a different key. In both of his films, the free fall of Cummings’ characters nicely captures a sense of the diminishment of the white American male in the 21st century. She provides a refreshing counterweight to the progressively unhinged Marshall that keeps both that character and the film on track. As Marshall intensifies his hunt for a human killer, mounting evidence points to something else, and the only thing keeping him on track is the extreme competence and demeanor of Officer Julie Robson, the real grit and glue of the SHSD.Īs Julie, Riki Lindhome ( “Garfunkel and Oates,” “Knives Out”) brandishes an arsenal of side eyes, cocked brows and withering glances, clearly developed over years of suffering foolish men. Then his ex-wife drops off their rebellious daughter, Jenna (Chloe East), for a stay prior to the girl leaving for college. The tightly wound Marshall, heir apparent to his ailing sheriff father (a fine Robert Forster in his last role), must lead the department while battling his own inner demons, and things do not go well.įor starters, Marshall is a recovering alcoholic with anger issues. “The Wolf of Snow Hollow” is a pleasingly quirky outing that has fun with the mythologies of both monsters and men. ![]() Bodies accumulate in the rural Utah ski community and tensions rise - after all, carnage is bad for tourism and there’s a monster on the loose. Unlike “Thunder Road,” where domestic and emotional issues cause problems at work, “Wolf” forefronts the procedural nature of law enforcement as Marshall and the rest of the Snow Hollow Sheriff’s Department investigate a string of grisly murders that might be the work of a serial killer or a large wolf or … a werewolf.
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