Well acted, tense, gritty, but the story had some holes...
As a whole picture I thought that this was okay. However, there are some things that didn't quite make sense to me. First, Sam Shepards character. He is told that his son was killed while burglarizing a family's home. This is Texas first of all. Breaking into someones home... there is a strong possibility that the owner is going to own a gun. Now, his "son" gets killed commiting a crime and instead of accepting this "Russel" decides to start terrorizing this family. Threatening the father who is responsible for his son's death. Breaking into their home, threatening the safety of the child. Kinda sounds like Cape Fear. The whole angry stalker kind of thing. You gotta be some kind of sicko to do that , right? But later on in the story he becomes this moral figure that seeks justice. That doesn't add up.
The whole plot line with the sheriff is kinda shaky too. This random person breaks into a home and is shot dead. The cops decide to make this perp out to be this Dixie Mafia guy named Freddy( who really is Russel's son) who happens to be in the Witness Protection Program. They (the cops) want it appear that Freddy's Dead. What for? So that the Dixie Mob will stop looking for him? What do the cops care? He is now a Federal responsibilty.
Now, the cops get Russel when he tries to go to Mexico. They arrest him and bring him in for his crimes against Richard Dane and his family, right? Richard is signing the paperwork at the Station when he sees the wanted poster for Freddy but it isn't the guy he shot. He starts asking about it and goes back to the station to talk to the Lieutenant and he sees Ray(the sherriff) hauling Russel out the back and into an unmarked car. Richard follows them to the train tracks where Ray tries to make it look like Russel got drunk and run over by a train. Why? Why would they kill Russel? Russel is an ex con with a son whom he barely knows who is a federal witness. What are they trying to hide by doing this?
And then, Freddy turns out to be a psychotic whore slasher/basher, snuff film director... Who is in the Witness Protection Program... Whaaat? So now, learning the truth about Freddy, the three on them decide to kill everyone involved in the Snuff biz. Really?