"Hellion" When motocross and heavy metal obsessed,...

"Hellion"

When motocross and heavy metal obsessed, thirteen-year-old, Jacob’s increasing delinquent behavior forces CPS to place his little brother, Wes, with his aunt, Jacob and his emotionally absent father, Hollis, must finally take responsibility for their actions and for each other in order to bring Wes home.

Directed by Kat Candler, Hellionis purely a tale of sadness and rebellion and of a family dynamic lost. I was especially drawn to it because of the brilliant recent TV work of Aaron Paul and I wondered what he would do with a role that was dependent on him mustering up all the emotional veracity he must have learned on the Breaking Bad set.

Paul didn’t disappoint though the film did at times: “Surprisingly, the film for me brought a whole new level of vulnerability to Aaron Paul that people have yet to see from him… he flirts with a whole new level of despair in a life that is forced upon him stemming a tragedy. Hellion is a film that stands on the shoulders of the actors performances… much more the story itself that ebbs and flows without carving a completely definitive dramatic course. The film concludes on a satisfyingly moving ending but struggles to justify the time it took to get there” (full review).

Aaron Paul is joined in the cast by Juliette Lewis and newcomer Josh Wiggins. Hellion opens in New York and Los Angeles and on VOD on June 13.