By Geno McGahee
I love when a film takes an unexpected turn and it doesn’t take long to go in that direction with the 2012 film JUNCTION. Released by Grand Entertainment Group, JUNCTION concerns a group of junkies looking for their next fix. David (Tom Pelphrey) makes a deal with a drug dealer to steal a TV and it all goes according to plan until David and his group of friends stumble across the homeowner’s dirty secret.
In the attic, the group finds a box of child pornography and that sends Donald (Neal Bledsoe) into a rage. His past molestation is revealed and he now has a personal stake in this. After seeing pictures of a young girl in the home, he vows to protect her by killing her dad. He beats him severely and then ties him to a chair when his wife and child enter the house. Now we have a hostage situation. Four junkies holding a family with a dark secret hostage.
The group is having major withdrawals and there is trouble among them. Donald has gone crazy, Spot (Harris Doran) is out for himself only, and Kari (Summer Crockett Moore) is a basket case. This has turned into a real mess and with the cops surrounding the home, things are getting incredibly desperate.
Amazingly, the wife, Jennifer (Sharon Maguire) is fully aware of her husband’s taste in pornography and is desperately trying to convince Spot to destroy all of the evidence and there is plenty of it. There are boxes of DVDs. I found the wife as disturbing as the husband in this. This is the sort of movie that really hits you hard and it’s done incredibly well.
The junkies are all infighting and the police are closing in. Donald fully recounts his childhood trauma and is now at the no turning back point. JUNCTION pulls no punches and presents and excellent story and acting. It tackles a subject that is usually avoided and makes it difficult to decipher who the good guy is and who the bad guy is and leaves you with one final twist.
JUNCTION is an absolute winner. It didn’t take long to get moving and it kept pushing the pace faster and faster. It’s an edge of your seat thriller with a great cast and wonderful writing. This is a must see.
Rating: 8/10