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The film has been received positively with many critics praising Edgar's direction. The Wee Review said: "Darker than the dark web and grittier than a mouthful of sand, it’s a well-crafted noir thriller that satisfies the sadistic cinema goer with its darkly uncompromising take on the genre." Susan
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Omand writing in The Dream Cage stated "What a shocking, dark, vicious, violent, forceful, engrossing, touching, beautiful film! I’m going to run out of superlatives soon so I’d better start explaining why Justin Edgar's film has, for me, become
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thriller about a criminal seeking redemption by tracking down the daughter of the woman he killed. Along the way he is haunted by his guilt in the guise of the woman’s ghost"
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