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One False Move is a very satisfying discovery, for it is a film of vicious force and emotional depth that has no flaw worth mentioning.

The overall journey is slow and in great need of editing or reworking to create keener emphasis on the motives that lead to specific choices and confrontations.

Even worse than this annoying contrivance is Fantasia's portentous speech about the cry of a whippoorwill. And, yes, we actually do hear a whippoorwill cry. Perhaps it's a sign of the death of the hopes the promising film gives rise to, but then betrays.

The film is not quite the masterpiece some have hailed, but it has a bluesy grip, subtle humour and more thought than the average thriller.

Franklin seizes the opportunity to make a film that tightly binds up any political concerns it may have into the plot.