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'Blackway' is about as straight forward of a story line as you'll ever get, and yet it's all the more enjoyable for that reason alone. Frequently films spend so much time trying to be complex that they forget to keep the realism factor and allow the characters to carry the movie. Some reasonably large actors (not so much currently, but in their time) signed on to this. Ray Liotta has always been a personal favourite of mine. He's very much suited to the character. He can play 'unlikable' very well. Julia Stiles is a little clunky in her line delivery at time, but has just enough acting chops in other areas to get away with it. The stand-out for me though was Anythony Hopkins. What a delight it is to watch this man act. He may not have the energy in his roles he once had, but his presence more than makes up for it. His line delivery is elegant and yet menacing in its own way at the same time. To think at 78 he is still working as frequently as he is is astonishing.

Quiet little independent films like this often go one of two ways. Either they're incredibly dull, simply trying to be more than they are capable of. Or in the case of 'Blackway' they just perfectly find their niche and are a delight to watch. It's far from perfect and there's nothing game-changing here, but if you're just looking for an enjoyable 90 minute experience you won't be disappointed.

I saw Go With Me at the Stockholm International Film Festival and I walked in not expecting much mainly because of the cast - Anthony Hopkins and Ray Liotta have both been in some questionable stuff lately - and i walked out pretty pleased, but it's still a very flawed movie though.

The acting by Julia Stiles is a little distracting at times and it took me out of the movie. Anthony Hopkins gave a pretty good performance but nothing too great.

The biggest problems are in the script and the story. I won't give anything away but when the main plot kicked off I instantly knew where it was headed. The cinematography was bland and grey and boring and there were nothing pretty to look at.

Overall a pretty enjoyable movie and I would recommend checking it out.

6/10.

If you, just like me, can't get enough of bleak and gritty small-town dramas, this one might be for you. Blackway slowly builds momentum and although not as good as Blue Ruin (2013) - one of my favorite films in the genre - actually feels kind of similar in 'realness' and setup. Dialogue is quite sparse but complements the low-key grading of the scenes perfectly. I doubt this film will make any significant waves with the general public, but Anthony Hopkins performance is as solid as ever and the story is pretty believable. Over all good performances by the cast. I would recommend for anybody into drama and or revenge type films.

Daniel "brother of Tomas" Alfredson directed two parts of the Swedish Millennium Trilogy, so it's no wonder this chilly American thriller, filmed in British Columbia, should feel so... well, Scandinavian. If the lens were filtered any further the movie would be monochrome.

Julia Stiles plays Lillian, a stoic young woman living in a Pacific Northwest logging community, who's being bullied by local gangster Richard Blackway (Ray Liotta). When she goes to the sheriff she's fobbed off and told to leave town. Instead, she enlists the help of old-timer Lester (Anthony Hopkins) and young bruiser Nate (Alexander Ludwig). Together the trio head into the hills to track down Blackway and stop him for good – by whatever means necessary.

With confidence and determination in the face of grotty small town politics, Stiles is channelling something of Jennifer Lawrence's classic Winter's Bone performance here. Lillian's outlook is definite (and defiant) to a fault: "Some people are just bad," she concludes.

Alongside Stiles, Hopkins soft-spoken style is sometimes at odds with the confrontational nature of his character, but he's eminently watchable. And Ludwig is strong as a stuttering soulful warrior who could have been a swaggering cliché.

The first hour is all character-building, and this is where the film is at its strongest. The plot is simple and linear – the ideal foundation for characters to come alive through their interactions, often enriched by the vaguest mention of some unseen life; some mourned-for ex- wife. The dialogue rings true and the characters feel lived in, which is vital for depictions of tight rural communities.

There isn't much in the way of humour, but Go With Me is at least in touch with its absurdity, and it's a lot more fun than Scott Cooper's ostensibly similar Out of the Furnace. This film is fast- paced and full of interesting incident – up to a point. Unfortunately in the final reel the narrative unravels, and the climactic confrontation is a frustratingly dark, indistinct mess. It leaves you with a sense of hard work not quite paying off.

Overall it's a solid movie. Thanks in part to the terrible UK title (it's called Blackway in the US), it's likely to go unnoticed by a wide audience, but it deserves attention.

"Sure would be better for everyone involved if she just left town." Lillian (Stiles) has just returned to her hometown after years away. Once she becomes the target of a stalker she asks for help but only Lester (Hopkins) is willing to offer it. Now the two of them must not only find out who the mysterious Blackway is but stop him before things get too far. This is a movie that is first and foremost tense and a good mystery story. On the other hand the movie is a little generic and cliché and would be a really good TV movie if not for the cast. The cast in this really raises the movie above that. Hopkins is good and Stiles plays her part well, but there were a few plot points that were added and either forgotten about or didn't seem to fit with the rest of the movie. All that said, the movie isn't bad and is a decent watch for what it is. Overall, a really good TV movie that became more due to the casting alone. I give this a B-.

Released in 2015, "Blackway" is a crime drama/thriller starring Anthony Hopkins as a retired logger who comes to the aid of a harassed woman (Julia Stiles) in Pinterville, Oregon, after the yella sheriff refuses to help. Alexander Ludwig plays the young stuttering redneck who tags along while Ray Liotta appears as the titular heavy. Hal Holbrook has a small role.

This is a grim backwoods drama/thriller with elements of "The Edge" (1997), "First Blood" (1982), "Cry of the Owl" (2009) and "Walking Tall" (2004). It's not great like the first two, not even close, but it's almost on par with "Cry of the Owl" and slightly superior to "Walking Tall." Yet it never cops an unrealistic tone like "Walking Tall" does with its overblown final act. It's a low-key slow burn focusing on life in the logging communities in the Great Northwest.

Speaking of which, one of the best thing about "Blackway" is the mysterious forest cinematography. There are also some small gems to mine, if you watch closely, like the fact that "man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward." Trouble just comes in different packages, as Hopkin's character laments before the showdown.

"Blackway" is essentially a Western taking place in the modern day, substituting pickup trucks and bikes for horses. The movie's simple and straight-forward, which turns some people off. But since 'twist' films are so commonplace now playing it straight almost comes off fresh. I shouldn't close without pointing out that Stiles has better womanly curves now that she's older; and looks great in tight jeans.

The film runs 91 minutes and was shot in British Columbia (Enderby, Vernon, West Kelowna, Lumby, Armstrong & Vancouver). It was directed by Daniel Alfredson from Castle Freeman Jr.'s novel.

GRADE: B-

You have to give Anthony Hopkins a lot of credit for making Blackway a movie better than it really was. I see reviews saying that Hopkins is too old to play the part as vigilante. This movie would have have bombed if there would have been a more classic vigilante hero as the lead character. The whole story revolved around the payback that Hopkin's character needed to serve up against Blackway for being an A-hole on the traffic stop when Blackway was a cop. Les (Hopkins) knew that he couldn't take Blackway alone so he enlisted the help of Nate right outta the gate. The addition of Hal Holbrook as Whizzer was well cast and added a nice touch to the story. The ending seemed a bit rushed but still had an impact that left you satisfied with the results. Overall, this was a movie that I enjoyed watching and that is all you can ask from a movie in the end.

This is one of those movies you start watching, then five minutes later you start pressing fast-forward every five seconds. I also can not comprehend why would a movie star such as Anthony Hopkins or Ray Liotta accept to be part of this garbage. 8 mill $ budget?! For what exactly?! No special effects, no costumes, no fancy stunts involving expensive equipment, filming takes place in a bar, a house, a car and in woods. I've seen more variety in movies such as Food of the Gods, Bad Taste, Braindead...etc, than in this one...

There's not much to tell about the story because the story is about one man that everyone knows, everyone is scared of him, no one knows where he is and those who know won't tell where he is...and he's just about everywhere.

Scripting...a disaster. The dialogue goes like this:

-Where's Blackway? -Blackway?! -Yes, Blackway! -Dunno who Blackway is... -YOU TELL US WHERE BLACKWAY IS!!! -Be careful, you don't want to meet Blackway... -Oh yeah...and why don't we want to meet Blackway? -I'm so scared to say this out loud, but..OK, I'll just say it...no one wants to meet Blackway!! -Yeah, well....we want to meet Blackway, so tell us right now where he is!!!!! -Dunno who Blackway is...

I had to download subs just so I could count how many times have they spoken "BLACKWAY"?

S-I-X-T-Y S-I-X times...66!

Don't waste your time on this one..

This was surely one of the best movies i have seen and strongly recommend this to everyone with the same preference of movie genre. I like these type of very personal crime stories in remote regions very much - and the characters in it. People, who do not talk too much, but acting expressive in their own way. This movie is full of quiet and thoughtful scenes out in the backwoods, but never gets boring or exhausting. From the beginning on, you're in it - and with the main three actors. The story is pretty simple, but convincingly. Anthony Hopkings, a helpfully older man, leading with cleverness, unrelenting bound to a goal, Julia Stiles as a nice woman looking for help and not willing to flee from her stalker, Alexander Ludwig as a silent and not at first glance strong protector. Together on their way trying to find and confront Ray Liotta. Thank you all very much for this movie.

"You're probably just a bad dad."

"Blackway" is like a badly composed fitness program, an unbalanced diet or a poorly planned vacation trip. You start off with certain expectations, but eventually you have to conclude that nothing essential changed or happened. No top shape, no slender figure and no holiday experience that'll stick to you eternally. The same applies to "Blackway". It's not an impressing movie experience. It remains a vague thriller without much sensation.

It was clear that this community consisted of seasoned loggers in checkered winter coats. Such a closed society where strangers are looked at in suspicion and where they react quite aggressively when too much prying questions are asked. Even if those questions are asked by like-minded souls. I still don't understand why these roughnecks and frightening trappers fear one individual. By joining forces (and it's not even necessary that the whole loggers federation gather, when you look at their torso) they would have felled, subsequently chopped and removed Blackway (Ray Liotta) without too many problems. Forget it. The man seems to be the devil himself. That's why all these tough guys hide in their safe block huts, I guess.

Fortunately for Lillian (Julia Stiles), there are two helpful scouts members who aren't easily intimidated and run away swiftly when it gets dangerous. If you compare their figure with the other typical tree sawyers, it seems more like a suicide mission. On the one hand there's the old, tough ex-lumberman Lester (Anthony Hopkins), who's apparently on a revenge-mission when it's about Blackway and without thinking he gets his moose rifle. And secondly there's the stuttering, shy Nate (Alexander Ludwig) who actually has no idea why he's joining this willingly. I was wondering about the same thing. The three of them start their mission to find Blackway and to make clear to him that he should leave Lillian alone. Indeed, that is the ultimate starting point of the whole story. Finding the former policeman Blackway who has worked his way up to the status of local bad-ass. The one everybody's afraid of (even the local police) and who's stalking Lillian. A simple story-line for a simple movie. "Finding Blackway" instead of Dory.

Ultimately, this was just an average film. You'll see the three protagonists on their quest and ending in a not so very original denouement. Along the way we get the mandatory fights and skirmishes with Nate grimly throwing himself into the battles. At least he's useful when doing this. Lester limits himself to cold-blooded dialogues and demonstratively waving his wrapped gun. Blackway behaves as a moose being hunted down. As expected. Sir Hopkins remains a brilliant actor. It's a pleasure to watch him acting even though his contribution is limited to glassy and absent staring. However, the whole time I had the impression that I was watching a nature documentary with Hannibal Lecter in it. A kind of "Silence of the woods". Lillian remained faithful to her role as victim. Although I'm sure she was already sorry of not taking the advice (endlessly repeated by the inhabitants) after a while.

All in all it wasn't a memorable movie. Despite the splendor images and the right atmosphere, it was all rather mediocre. And even the presence of Hopkins couldn't resolve this. The reputation of Blackway looked like that of Candyman. His name was pronounced every five minutes (awe-struck and full of fear) so I got the feeling he could appear any moment somewhere out of a dark corner. A corner filled with pine scent of course.

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Review: This is an average thriller, which I found pretty boring in places, mainly because most of the movie is about 3 people trying to find the towns crime lord. Anthony Hopkins (Lester), plays an ex-cop, who decides to help Lillian (Julia Stiles) to track down Blackway (Ray Liotta), to put a stop to him stalking her. Lesters trusty sidekick, Nate (Alexander Ludwig) decides to help Lester and Lillian but they don't get a lot of help from there fellow town members, because they are all scared of Blackway. Personally, I didn't understand what was so scary about Blackway, because he just seemed like the town bully, who could have been easily been killed if they all pulled together. It basically took the determination of a young girl, and some straight forward investigating from Lester, to stop Blackway from causing anymore harm, which wasn't anything clever from the director but it was watchable. The showdown at the end was also a let down because I was expecting some major twist or a reason for Blackways brutal behaviour. Anyway, it's always good to see Hopkins on the big screen but this movie definitely wasn't his best and the storyline wasn't anything amazing. Average!

Round-Up: Anthony Hopkins isn't one to take on many projects, so my expectations for this film was quite high. By the end of the film, I was pretty disappointed with the outcome and after watching the trio spending an hour and a half trying to track down Blackway, it didn't seem much of a big deal by the end. Anyway, this movie was directed by Daniel Alfredson, 57, who also brought you Kidnapping Freddy Heineken, which was another disappointing movie from Hopkins, Echoes From The Dead, The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets Nest, The Girl Who Played With Fire and a couple of unheard of movies. His straight-laced directing style isn't the best in the world and I personally find his movies pretty boring. I just hope that Hopkins comes back with something decent, because his last two movies with this director, have been disappointing and after such a successful career, I just hope that he doesn't get remembered for his latest work. 

Budget: $8million Worldwide Gross: N/A

I recommend this movie to people who are into their thriller starring Julia Stiles, Anthony Hopkins, Alexander Ludwig, Ray Liotta, Lochlyn Munro and Hal Holbrook. 3/10

This was a movie that started well and really set me up for a suspenseful movie but unfortunately it never really quite delivered. I thought that both Julia Stiles and Alexander Ludwig were pretty good and of course Anthony Hopkins, but lets be honest this was a okay script but maybe the director wasn't to good? disappointing especially since I've read the book. The scenes of British Columbia is beautiful and makes me want to visit but also gives the movie a cold feeling about it as if you were there. Ray Liotta never really struck me as a great bad guy. But he did okay here, I think this movie didn't quite hit it's potential.

If you want to watch something as a drinking game, and you want to get really drunk...take a swig for every time they say "Blackway"... Apparently another review counted 66...and I was shocked, as only halfway through (when I gave up and stopped watching), it seemed like it had to be much more. Weak, lazy dialog and script with wholly unoriginal story. It's great if you want to exert zero attention and like the way the name Blackway sounds

'Blackway' is a dismal waste-of-time, frittering away the talents of a decent cast on a routine revenge tale. Its story is as threadbare as an old dishrag, the direction dull, the dialog lifeless, the performances wooden and the cinematography colorless. Apart from a paycheck, it's hard to imagine what drew any of the participants to this mundane material, with no sign the actors and director were doing anything more than going through the motions.

The plot of this contemporary Western is pitifully weak. The villain is revealed as a killer of domestic cats and would-be rapist within the first five minutes, and the rest of the film depicts three misfits searching for this bully-boy crime baron among the local lumberjack community. There's minimal character development as the oddball posse pursues their prey around the overcast mountain landscape in a rusting pick-up. From time to time their inquiries result in tired scuffles, until the film eventually sputters up to a night-time showdown at the bad guy's forest hideaway. After the adversaries go through their ho-hum appointment with destiny, another dank day dawns.

Good, its a interesting history. But boring in the Action LINE because the Action round around onde only Pearson.

This is an excellent cast working with a slightly subpar script. All of the performances are solid. Ray Liotta is always bankable as a villain. He brings an intense edginess to bad guy roles that few actors can match. Hopkins feels a bit miscast (not the guy you expect to be working at a lumber mill), but still turns in a respectable performance. There's good chemistry between Styles and Ludwig that adds extra dimension to a script that needs it. Good cinematography, particularly outdoors. The movie uses flashbacks to fill in plot holes, and it works for the relationship between Liotta and Hopkins characters. I think the movie would have worked better if they didn't use flashbacks for the Liotta/Styles relationship; it was too recent and too important in the plot context. The flashbacks make Liotta seem more sinister and unpredictable, but the movie needed a bit more length in constructing the plot. Could have also used a bit more background for Wizard and Scotty characters. Not quite enough character development overall, and the movie felt a bit flat in that regard.

Worth watching if you go in with reasonable expectations.

This was an interesting little movie. The actors were top notch. It's always nice to see Hopkins, and it was really swell to see Holbrook in what, most likely, is one of his last films. The movie, itself, had issues. It was very formulaic and predictable, but I was okay with that. There are so many movies that are formulaic and predicable, which many consider to be the best of all time. For instance, I don't think for one moment anyone has a doubt that Dorothy will make it back home by the end of Wizard of Oz.

I could go on. I've learned over the years to just sit back, relax, and let movies wash over you--especially movies like Blackway that have nothing short of outstanding production values. In particular, the cinematography was just phenomenal. This wasn't a movie made on a soundstage. Overall, I enjoyed this movie. Again, it wasn't fantastic, and it didn't blow my mind. It was, however, a slickly-made outing with fantastic actors and great scenery. Ray Liotta was creepy, as well.

Had the pleasure of seeing Blackway at the premiere at the Drive Inn at Enderby BC, Canada, right near where the movie was filmed. A basic story of how this guy is bad and we are not going to put up with him anymore, let's kill him! Dark, set in a dismal town, with engaging lines from Anthony Hopkins which made me wonder if he was improvising lines. Ray Liotta brilliantly playing the bad guy, never ever get tired of this guy's acting, see his name you know it's going to be intense and it was! The characters are odd, somber and moody. Alexander Ludwig as you have never seen him before, this guy is going places! Some really good fight scenes in this movie and supporting characters you will recognize and love, Lochlyn Munroe played his part very well teasing poor Nate and receiving a head butt, that will teach him! See this movie!

This 2015 thriller is based on the book 'Go With Me', by Castle Freeman, Jr. Set in a logging town in the Pacific Northwest, the story revolves around a young woman, Lillian (Julia Stiles) who recently returned back here, her hometown. She almost immediately becomes the target of harassment by ex-cop Blackway (Ray Liotta), and complaining about him to the local sheriff is useless, as the entire town is deathly afraid of the corrupt thug. Everyone implores her to 'just leave town' ~ except Lester (Anthony Hopkins), who has also been the subject of Blackway's harassment. Looking for a little revenge he decides to help Lillian, bringing along the only other person brave enough to go up against Blackway, Nate (Alexander Ludwig), a gentle soul with a serious stuttering problem.

From here on out the film is VERY predictable. Quite frankly, the only thing that makes this movie remotely scary is Liotta, who comes across as menacing even when it's probably not intended. But in this movie he was genuinely frightening, especially in the parking lot scene.

Sadly, the acting of Hopkins and Liotta was not enough to salvage the very thin and predictable plot. Therefore, can only give it 4* out of 10.

Characters are bit exaggerated. It makes less sense when we go with the flow of the movie .

I don't get the bad reviews...it's a good plot, survival of the fittest. I think it's a film worth seeing just because of the plot. It felt like something real that actually happens. Sometimes you can't count on the authorities to help you because they just don't care and this film portraits that.

It's not the best film of your life but it's better than a lot of films nowadays. At least I didn't fall asleep like I did on Avengers or was it Captain America? Maybe it was Spider man or Iron man, not sure they all look the same. (PS: I never payed for these films, always got free tickets).

What's wrong with this film? In a word, everything. One dimensional characters which make it impossible for the viewer to connect with or have sympathy for, an unrealistic plot, a director who absolutely dropped the ball, he is unable to create any suspense. Even a strong cast could not work with this weak material and lack of direction. It is clear that the actors could not figure out what the point was either. Other than seeing the BC scenery, this film has no redeeming qualities, it is a waste of your time, unless, like me, you laughed at how silly it was. Blackway is my choice for the rotten tomato award of the year, the past several years actually.

I was invited to the Gala Premiere in Enderby Bc Canada and viewed this excellent movie at the Starlight drive inn. It was a very captivating riveting movie.It takes a day or 2 out of someones life as they deal with a horrible criminal the way we all should.Just deal with it and move on. I loved this movie,I watched them film it and then to see it on the big screen is absolutely awesome. The whole of the movie is a 10 out of 10 for me :-). Mr Hopkins was his usual perfect character giving us a flawless performance. Ray Liotta was as scary as ever in a very convincing role as a psychotic ruthless gangster and Julia Stiles plays her part to a t following along Mr Hopkins as he takes charge of the whole situation. Thank you Rick Dugdale from Enderby Entertainment Group for producing it and keeping things in our local area!

I gave it a four because of the cast. If they weren't in it I would have given it a one.

I found it when looking for movies with Julia Stiles and was excited to watch it. I had forgotten that Anthony Hopkins and Ray Liotta were co-starring, so when the credits came up my hopes went way up too.

The only positive thing I can say is that at least it wasn't a very long movie. However, I am now wishing for a time machine, not to profit, but to get back the 90 minutes I wasted of my life.

I truly don't understand how people of the Hopkins caliber take these roles. Are they that much in need of income? I also don't understand who agrees to product a film this bad. It truly amazes me.

Awful. Just awful.

I read the synopsis: Anthony Hopkins plays a man who helps a woman, played by Julia Styles who is being harassed by Ray Liotta and the cops won't do anything to stop him.

Now I assumed because Anthony Hopkins was the lead that this would have more drama. Well if it's trying for that, it failed.

What I was seeing was a slow and quiet action film. That may seem odd with Hopkins as the lead but the movie possibly would have been far more better if Vin Diesel or Jason Statham was at the helm. In fact Statham did a movie called Homefront, which at it's core base is a lot like this one.

Of course, Hopkins is too...seasoned in years to do what Statham can do so they had to slow down the pace of the action and have Alexander Ludwig take the hits as Hopkins sidekick

It's an odd movie because of that and I think what really throws you off is the choice of Hopkins when aged action stars like Schwarzenegger or Stallone would have made a better fit. Even Di Niro would have made a better choice.

I think this thriller could have been something more watchable if they got an actor that could have made the role more vibrant