Reviewed by James Scarborough
(May 2011)
Directed/Writen by: Sean Kirkpatrick
Starring: Chris Kerson, Will Blagrove, Mark Borkowski, Judy Jerome, Maddie Morris Jones, Gregg Almquist, Nakia Dillard and Daveed Ramsay
War may be hell, but, as laid out in “The Cost of a Soul,” written and directed by Sean Kirkpatrick, the home front isn’t so cool either. Structured as an out-of-the-frying-pan-into-the-fire Grand Guignol, it tells the tale of two men from Philadelphia linked anonymously by a common mission in Iraq who meet in an explosive, brutal series of tit-for-tat, inter-neighborhood reprisals. Studded with raw and powerful performances and direction that screams without success for order in a universe gone awry, it asks the too-little-asked question: Just what exactly are we fighting for if not for a better life at home?
Two young men, Tommy Donahue (Chris Kerson) and Dd Davis (Will Blagrove), enlist to fight in Iraq, motivated more to...
(May 2011)
Directed/Writen by: Sean Kirkpatrick
Starring: Chris Kerson, Will Blagrove, Mark Borkowski, Judy Jerome, Maddie Morris Jones, Gregg Almquist, Nakia Dillard and Daveed Ramsay
War may be hell, but, as laid out in “The Cost of a Soul,” written and directed by Sean Kirkpatrick, the home front isn’t so cool either. Structured as an out-of-the-frying-pan-into-the-fire Grand Guignol, it tells the tale of two men from Philadelphia linked anonymously by a common mission in Iraq who meet in an explosive, brutal series of tit-for-tat, inter-neighborhood reprisals. Studded with raw and powerful performances and direction that screams without success for order in a universe gone awry, it asks the too-little-asked question: Just what exactly are we fighting for if not for a better life at home?
Two young men, Tommy Donahue (Chris Kerson) and Dd Davis (Will Blagrove), enlist to fight in Iraq, motivated more to...
- 5/19/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Reviewed by James Scarborough
(May 2011)
Directed/Writen by: Sean Kirkpatrick
Starring: Chris Kerson, Will Blagrove, Mark Borkowski, Judy Jerome, Maddie Morris Jones, Gregg Almquist, Nakia Dillard and Daveed Ramsay
War may be hell, but, as laid out in “The Cost of a Soul,” written and directed by Sean Kirkpatrick, the home front isn’t so cool either. Structured as an out-of-the-frying-pan-into-the-fire Grand Guignol, it tells the tale of two men from Philadelphia linked anonymously by a common mission in Iraq who meet in an explosive, brutal series of tit-for-tat, inter-neighborhood reprisals. Studded with raw and powerful performances and direction that screams without success for order in a universe gone awry, it asks the too-little-asked question: Just what exactly are we fighting for if not for a better life at home?
Two young men, Tommy Donahue (Chris Kerson) and Dd Davis (Will Blagrove), enlist to fight in Iraq, motivated more to...
(May 2011)
Directed/Writen by: Sean Kirkpatrick
Starring: Chris Kerson, Will Blagrove, Mark Borkowski, Judy Jerome, Maddie Morris Jones, Gregg Almquist, Nakia Dillard and Daveed Ramsay
War may be hell, but, as laid out in “The Cost of a Soul,” written and directed by Sean Kirkpatrick, the home front isn’t so cool either. Structured as an out-of-the-frying-pan-into-the-fire Grand Guignol, it tells the tale of two men from Philadelphia linked anonymously by a common mission in Iraq who meet in an explosive, brutal series of tit-for-tat, inter-neighborhood reprisals. Studded with raw and powerful performances and direction that screams without success for order in a universe gone awry, it asks the too-little-asked question: Just what exactly are we fighting for if not for a better life at home?
Two young men, Tommy Donahue (Chris Kerson) and Dd Davis (Will Blagrove), enlist to fight in Iraq, motivated more to...
- 5/19/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
The Relativity Media release is scripted by Kirkpatrick, who produces alongside Edward J. Eberwine III and Jonathan Risinge. Also in the cast of Cost of a Soul are Judy Jerome, Maddie Morris Jones, Gregg Almquist, Nakia Dillard, Daveed Ramsay and Christopher Mann. The film is the winner of The Big Break MovIe Contest. Cost of a Soul opens in 50 theatres nationwide on May 20th as part of the AMC independent™ program which showcases the best independent films and targets interested moviegoers through unique promotions and other customized marketing efforts. "It's a messed up world we live in.... if you don't open you're eyes you're gonna get stuck." Wounded in the war, Tommy Donahue and Dd Davis return home from Iraq to their North Philadelphia slum neighborhood. Tommy returns home to his wife, Faith, whom he abandoned while she was pregnant. He meets his four-year-old daughter, Hope, for the first time,...
- 4/22/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
The Relativity Media release is scripted by Kirkpatrick, who produces alongside Edward J. Eberwine III and Jonathan Risinge. Also in the cast of Cost of a Soul are Judy Jerome, Maddie Morris Jones, Gregg Almquist, Nakia Dillard, Daveed Ramsay and Christopher Mann. The film is the winner of The Big Break MovIe Contest. Cost of a Soul opens in 50 theatres nationwide on May 20th as part of the AMC independent™ program which showcases the best independent films and targets interested moviegoers through unique promotions and other customized marketing efforts. "It's a messed up world we live in.... if you don't open you're eyes you're gonna get stuck." Wounded in the war, Tommy Donahue and Dd Davis return home from Iraq to their North Philadelphia slum neighborhood. Tommy returns home to his wife, Faith, whom he abandoned while she was pregnant. He meets his four-year-old daughter, Hope, for the first time,...
- 4/22/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
The Relativity Media release is scripted by Kirkpatrick, who produces alongside Edward J. Eberwine III and Jonathan Risinge. Also in the cast of Cost of a Soul are Judy Jerome, Maddie Morris Jones, Gregg Almquist, Nakia Dillard, Daveed Ramsay and Christopher Mann. The film is the winner of The Big Break MovIe Contest. Cost of a Soul opens in 50 theatres nationwide on May 20th as part of the AMC independent™ program which showcases the best independent films and targets interested moviegoers through unique promotions and other customized marketing efforts. "It's a messed up world we live in.... if you don't open you're eyes you're gonna get stuck." Wounded in the war, Tommy Donahue and Dd Davis return home from Iraq to their North Philadelphia slum neighborhood. Tommy returns home to his wife, Faith, whom he abandoned while she was pregnant. He meets his four-year-old daughter, Hope, for the first time,...
- 4/22/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
The Relativity Media release is scripted by Kirkpatrick, who produces alongside Edward J. Eberwine III and Jonathan Risinge. Also in the cast of Cost of a Soul are Judy Jerome, Maddie Morris Jones, Gregg Almquist, Nakia Dillard, Daveed Ramsay and Christopher Mann. The film is the winner of The Big Break MovIe Contest. Cost of a Soul opens in 50 theatres nationwide on May 20th as part of the AMC independent™ program which showcases the best independent films and targets interested moviegoers through unique promotions and other customized marketing efforts. "It's a messed up world we live in.... if you don't open you're eyes you're gonna get stuck." Wounded in the war, Tommy Donahue and Dd Davis return home from Iraq to their North Philadelphia slum neighborhood. Tommy returns home to his wife, Faith, whom he abandoned while she was pregnant. He meets his four-year-old daughter, Hope, for the first time,...
- 4/22/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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