Cost of a Soul

Cost of a Soul is a 2010 American crime drama film produced, written and directed by Sean Kirkpatrick.

Cost of a Soul
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Directed bySean Kirkpatrick
Written bySean Kirkpatrick
Produced bySean Kirkpatrick
Jonathan Risinger
StarringChris Kerson
Will Blagrove
CinematographyChase Bowman
Edited byJonathan Risinger
Music byRodney Whittenberg
Production
company
Cast Shadow
Release date
  • 2010 (2010)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

After serving their tour of duty in Iraq, Tommy Donahue and DD Davis return to their North Philadelphia neighborhood. Tommy finally meets his wife, Faith, whom he abandons while she was pregnant to serve his country. During that time, he also meets his four-year-old daughter, Hope, for the very first time. On the contrary, DD is trying to save his brother, James, from joining a gang. While he is busy with James, his older brother Darnell, has become a notorious criminal. Both Tommy and DD find themselves in the same "boiling pot", which they left for good. As they struggle to make their wrongs right, their own families are drawn in a web of crime and corruption so big, killing each other becomes their only option.

Cast
  • Chris Kerson as Tommy Donahue
  • Will Blagrove as DD Davis
  • Mark Borkowski as Jake
  • Judy Jerome as Faith Donahue
  • Maddie Morris Jones as Hope Donahue
  • Gregg Almquist as Charlie Burns
  • Nakia Dillard as Darnell Davis
  • Daveed Ramsay as James Davis
  • Christopher Mann as Carl
  • Diane M. Johnson as Maybeleen Davis
  • Buck Schirner as detective Marlow
  • Kamal Bostic-Smith as Sha
  • Franklin Ojeda Smith as Jackie
  • Todd Ryan Jones as Jon
  • Matty Shantz as Mickey
  • Cruz Cordero
  • Yianni Digaletos as prisoner 1
  • Ankit Dogra as prisoner 2
  • John Emanuel as Tre
  • Steven Johnson as Deke
  • Ron Fehmiu as military intelligence soldier 1
  • Tim Lahren as military intelligence soldier 2
  • Matt Regan as military intelligence soldier 3
  • Kenneth Roehr as Toolie
  • Mario Troia as Tony
  • James Ritten as Jumbo
  • Rodney Whittenberg as bass player in jazz band

Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes the film has a score of 27% based on reviews from 11 critics, with an average rating of 4.4/10.[1] On Metacritic, Cost of a Soul have a rank of 30 out of a 100 based on 9 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[2]

Jesse Cataldo of Slant Magazine wrote "It's always refreshing to see a newcomer with so much energy, but the chaos that takes over Cost of a Soul ultimately feels wasteful".[3]

Noel Murray of The A.V. Club, called the film "lousy" but also added that it "has spunk".[4]

Jeannette Catsoulis of The New York Times wrote "As one bloody encounter treads on the heels of the next, all that remains is a tiny indie undone by its own vicious ambitions".[5]

According to John Anderson of Variety, the film is "[t]echnically accomplished but dramatically unconvincing".[6]

References
  1. "Cost of a Soul (2010)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  2. "Cost of a Soul (2011)". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  3. Cataldo, Jesse (May 19, 2011). "Review: Cost of a Soul". Slant Magazine.
  4. Murray, Noel (May 19, 2011). "Cost Of A Soul". The A.V. Club. The Onion. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  5. Catsoulis, Jeannette (May 19, 2011). "A Solemn Homecoming". The New York Times. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  6. "Cost of a Soul". Variety. May 23, 2011.


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