Bayview Entertainment has locked in May 19 as the
DVD debut date for writer/director Justin Foia’s claustrophobic thriller, Point
Defiance.
Shot exclusively on Vashon Island in Washington, it
is here that we are introduced to the solidary Peter Allen (Derek Phillips — as
Billy Riggins in the Friday Night Lights
television series), who lives in a beautiful home far from anyone … it is
basically paradise. Alone, isolated and
on lock-down — yes, lock-down — Peter wears an ankle tracker as part of his
home arrest plea deal for some shady stockbroker trades that he was involved
in.
To any normal person, especially a city-dweller,
Peter Allen is living a life of serenity and luxury. Vashon Island is one beautiful place and
what could possibly disturb the tranquility?
No sooner does one ponder that question when into
this woodland paradise arrives his estranged brother, Alex (Josh Crotty — Isle of
the Dead, Psycho Stripper), who says that he has just
gotten back from Afghanistan and needs a place to crash for a day or two. Right off you suspect that something isn’t
quite right.
A missing person, the law comes calling, a mystery,
tension and a murder … suddenly Peter’s Vashon Island paradise turns into a
prison-like hell.
Filmmaker Justin Foia, with Point
Defiance, has delivered an intense
mystery/thriller, where the trappings, from the house itself to the picturesque
surroundings, belie the dangers that have arrived. Perhaps, just perhaps, they have always been
there … just beneath the surface.
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