This, essentially, is the setup for Henry Dunham‘s The Standoff at Sparrow Creek, which has the ominous aura of a grungy thriller and the talky charms of a stage play. “The Standoff at Sparrow Creek,” the writing-directing feature debut of Henry Dunham, strands seven actors in a warehouse to bark exposition at one another. It will definitely make the viewer take a moment to contemplate personal views on authority.

Synopsis. It is for these reasons Cryptic Rock gives this film 4.5 out of 5 stars rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars. “The Standoff at Sparrow Creek,” the writing-directing feature debut of Henry Dunham, strands seven actors in a warehouse to bark exposition at one another. The Standoff at Sparrow Creek doesn't tell you what's right or wrong, it just gives you perspectives and then lets you come to your own conclusions. The Standoff at Sparrow Creek is a complete mind blowing look at the two sides that will probably always be at odds with each other. Exquisitely tense and heated to a furious boil. It’s impossible to make a movie about a militia without at least a faint aroma of the political. Gannon (James Badge Dale) , our protagonist and an estranged ex-cop, as well as his fellow militiamen try to figure out who shot up a police funeral earlier that night. The Standoff At Sparrow Creek exudes nail-biting tension thanks to Badge Dale’s commanding investigative brutishness. The Standoff at Sparrow Creek. James Badge Dale plays a loner ex-cop in writer-director Henry Dunham's debut 'The Standoff at Sparrow Creek,' a pulpy ensemble whodunit set at a militia headquarters. A synopsis for The Standoff at Sparrow Creek reads as conveniently topical. After a mass shooting at a police funeral, reclusive ex-cop Gannon finds himself unwittingly forced out of retirement when he realizes that the killer belongs to the same militia he joined after quitting the force. What makes The Standoff at Sparrow Creek special is how much it reminds you of stories of alpha males like Reservoir Dogs, The Thing, and Mamet's work without ever feeling wholly derivative. Viewing the film just once will never do the work justice. The Standoff at Sparrow Creek is a complete mind blowing look at the two sides that will probably always be at odds with each other. A former cop-turned-militia man investigates a shooting at a police funeral. With James Badge Dale, Chris Mulkey, Brian Geraghty, Robert Aramayo. The plot is simple. Listening closely is …

Listening closely is necessary: The monotonously dark visuals barely function to carry the story on their own. It will definitely make the viewer take a moment to contemplate personal views on authority.

The Standoff at Sparrow Creek might best serve as a primer for further deliberation. There’s something inherently interesting about a movie can sustain such a consistent minimalist quality from start to finish and deliver both remarkable highs and frustrating lows from an approach that never changes.

Listening closely is … 2018 Directed by Henry Dunham. The Standoff at Sparrow Creek, the writing-directing feature debut of Henry Dunham, strands seven actors in a warehouse to bark exposition at one another.
News of a mass shooting, a gun cache, anxious white men in middle America—the political touchstones are … Directed by Henry Dunham.