Jimmy (Ryan Phillippe) would do anything to protect his mother (Nastassja Kinski) and two younger brothers from his abusive father, Ray (John Savage), a veteran who suffers from PTSD. A talented baseball player with dreams of escaping his small Texas town, Jimmy is terrified of leaving Ray alone with the family. When the police start questioning Ray about a local murder, Jimmy finds that keeping Ray in check may be harder than he initially thought.
son, mother, father, brother, girlfriend, police officer, dark, intense, texas, small town, bar, household, family dysfunction, domestic violence, mother/son relationship, father/son relationship, post-traumatic stress disorder, murder, escape, sacrifice, 1990s
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