Asher has been trained for a decade to avenge his brother's death. When his enemy, Ivan, is out of prison, Asher loads up a shotgun and goes in search of Ivan… determined to rid the world of him once and for all.
"My Father Die" is a trashy jewel. As with the Rubens painting of Saturn devouring one of his sons that punctuates certain scenes, you kind of can't stop looking at it.
My Father Die may boast a bizarrely graceless title, but that's the least of this revenge saga's shortcomings, which number in the dozens and conspire to make it an early contender for worst of 2017.
A stylish, violent and engaging thriller that draws on the best of Tarantino, and with nods to Tony Scott's True Romance, My Father Die is one to seek out as soon as possible.
A psychologically scarred man's battle to rise above his family's legacy of brutality drives this violent and sneakily moving story of toxic ties that bind.
Not all of it works, but this is a bold and talented debut, all the more impressive for transcending (while embracing) some shameless exploitation tropes.
For his feature debut, writer/director Sean (son of Pierce) Brosnan has crafted a swampy myth of tragic family dysfunction - and of bestial nature that must be contained.
