Last year’s Toronto International Film Festival featured debuts from some of the most acclaimed films of the year. However, when you have so many high-profile films at one event, there are some indie gems that tend to get lost in the shuffle. One of those was “The Standoff at Sparrow Creek.” After it’s successful debut at TIFF and positive critical reception, the thriller enjoyed a theatrical run earlier this year and is now ready to debut on digital and Blu-ray/DVD.
And in honor of ‘Sparrow Creek’ hitting Blu-ray next week, we’re proud to offer a chance for Playlist readers to score their own copies for free. And trust us, this is a film that people will want to check out, thanks to its strong lead performance from James Badge Dale, as well as its confident writing and direction courtesy of first-time filmmaker Henry Dunham.
‘Sparrow Creek’ is best described as a thriller that follows in the same vein as early-Tarantino, with a group of militiamen convening at the titular warehouse to figure out which one of them is responsible for a domestic terrorist attack. Twists and turns abound in this film, as the viewer attempts to figure out, alongside the characters, what exactly happened that night.
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“The Standoff at Sparrow Creek” hits Blu-ray and DVD on March 5.
Here’s the synopsis for the film:
After a shooting at a police funeral, reclusive ex-cop Gannon (Dale) finds himself unwittingly forced out of retirement when he realizes that the killer belongs to the same militia he joined after quitting the force. Understanding that the shooting could set off a chain reaction of copycat violence across the country, Gannon quarantines his fellow militiamen in the remote lumber mill they call their headquarters. There, he sets about a series of grueling interrogations, intent on ferreting out the killer and turning him over to the authorities to prevent further bloodshed.