
Carter (Thomas Jane), a troubled veteran, gets a chance at redemption by protecting a 12-year-old girl from an assassin (Laurence Fishburne) after she witnesses a murder. Holding a shotgun with a single shell, he engages in physical and psychological warfare in a desperate fight for the girl's life.... (Full plot summary below)
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Carter (Thomas Jane), a troubled veteran, gets a chance at redemption by protecting a 12-year-old girl from an assassin (Laurence Fishburne) after she witnesses a murder. Holding a shotgun with a single shell, he engages in physical and psychological warfare in a desperate fight for the girl's life.
Leave your thoughts about Standoff.
| New York ObserverRex ReedIt keeps you tensed and anxious and never sure of how anything will turn out. You get your money's worth. |
| Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenUnfortunately in the hands of writer-director Adam Alecca, this overly talky, slackly executed game of cat-and-mouse comes off as cheesy rather than chilling. |
| StarburstMatt WellsStandoff is a wondrous display of two talented actors that need more recognition. |
| Village VoicePete Vonder HaarStandoff holds up as a welcome alternative to its more strident brethren. |
| Cinemalogue.comTodd JorgensonThe concept might have worked better as a short, where the bookend action sequences would have had more impact and the extended middle stretch wouldn't have included so many silly twists and misguided stabs at moral complexity. |
| Slant MagazineChuck BowenStandoff isn’t quite inspired, but it coasts on unexpected modesty of professionalism. |
| Movie NationRoger MooreWriter-director Adam Alleca is better at the keyboard, cooking up chewy tough talk, than behind the camera. The shootout stuff is only passably staged, and the blood-bursts (not his fault…entirely) look digitally added, in some places. |
| Movie MezzanineMallory AndrewsWhat should be a simple genre piece is overly complicated by the unfocused ambitions of its director. |
| User ReviewJason TAmazingly thought out and shot indie. Three main characters well developed throughout. I give major props to the writer/director for making a great and intense story mainly around one location. Well done Adam Alleca |
| User ReviewNick OAmazingly thought out and shot indie. Three main characters well developed throughout. I give major props to the writer/director for making a great and intense story mainly around one location. Well done Adam Alleca |