Homage to:
Fargo.
No Country for Old Men.
Twin Peaks.
Drop Dead Gorgeous.
A Simple Plan.
Office Space.
It reminded me most of A Simple Plan, which I was waiting for someone to mention. [I don't know why that movie doesn't play more often. The book just broke your heart into smaller and smaller pieces; the movie, while not as good as that, was still twisty and tense.]
People are complaining about Cut Bank feeling too similar to Fargo, like that's a bad thing. The Fargo model--regular people tripping a string of dominoes and being unable to stop them before they spiral out of control--is not such a terrible blueprint.
"Plan Gone Awry" is a nice change from the superhero/tortureporn/teenage dystopia trends.
Homage is a polite word for stealing someone else's idea.
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