Beneath The Leaves 2019 123movies

Watch: Beneath The Leaves 2019 123movies, Full Movie Online – Four small-town boys are kidnapped by James Whitley, a warm-eyed psychopath. His grotesque pursuit to reunite orphaned children with their deceased birth parents is halted when the boys escape and he is arrested. Fifteen years later Whitley flees during a prison fire and decides to see his mission through. Detective Larson, once Whitley’s prior victim, is removed from the case due to impartiality leaving his partner, and lover, Detective Shotwell to solve the case. Fueled by rage and a chance of redemption, Detective Larson chases the steadfast psychopath on his own only to fall back into the same trap he once escaped as a child..
Plot: Four small-town boys are kidnapped by James Whitley, a warm-eyed psychopath. His grotesque pursuit to reunite orphaned children with their deceased birth parents is halted when the boys escape and he is arrested. Fifteen years later Whitley flees during a prison fire and decides to see his mission through. Detective Larson, once Whitley’s prior victim, is removed from the case due to impartiality leaving his partner, and lover, Detective Shotwell to solve the case. Fueled by rage and a chance of redemption, Detective Larson chases the steadfast psychopath on his own only to fall back into the same trap he once escaped as a child.
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Reviews:

family affair
Greetings again from the darkness. It doesn’t happen often, so it’s probably kind of fun for them when a father and daughter are able to appear in the same film. This is writer-director Adam Marino’s first feature film, and he cast Paul Sorvino and Mira Sorvino not as father-daughter, but as Police Captain and Detective. The script, co-written by Marino, Naman Barsoon, Daniel Wallner, and Mark Andrew Wilson treads familiar, yet usually interesting ground … a crime topic covered previously by numerous TV shows and movies.

The film opens with an abusive father (Don Swayze) doing despicable things to his young son and daughter, before the two of them take action against him. We then flash forward to a prison escape that occurred after a fire is set. One of the escapees is an especially demented psychopath with a trait that ties the story back into the opening sequence. What follows is a whodunit police procedural that focuses on Detective Erica Shotwell (Oscar winner Ms. Sorvino) and the four boys who survived their encounter with the twisted prison escapee some 15 years ago. Doug Jones plays James Whitley, the prison escapee returning to finish the job on the 4 that got away. Mr. Jones is best known for his fabulous “creature” work in THE SHAPE OF WATER and PAN’S LABRYNTH.

The four boys, now grown men, are played by Ser’Darius Blain, Christopher Backus, Christopher Masterson, and Kristopher Polaha, the latter of which is now Detective Shotwell’s partner … though, against his vociferous protests, is prohibited by the Chief from working the case that he is oh-so-close to. Also providing support work are Melora Walters, Jena Sims, and fingernails in general. Director Marino’s film is mostly B-level material, and actually much milder than what we see on many TV shows these days. It does, however, reinforce the notion that screwed up kids quite frequently grow into screwed up adults.

A complicated journey; great actors and strong performances make it well worth the ride.
Adam Marino’s Beneath the Leaves takes you on a complicated journey; strong performances make it worth the ride.

Warning: the subject matter is troubling. Abused foster children, and the perpetuation and outgrowth of that abuse. On the surface, it’s a film about a psychotic child killer with a particular class of targets, four of whom escape, grow up, and move on with their lives…kind of…but carry with them layers of damage. When the killer breaks out of prison and begins systematically hunting them down, they are thrust back into the place of their nightmares.

Underlying the plot is a deeper question of family and belonging that is unique to foster children as the unmoored fragments of society. Such children, unless adopted and fully integrated into a family, often remain emotionally unmoored and carry damage from their original abandonment and the mark of being unwanted. Add subsequent abuse, mistreatment and psychosis to that mix, and you have a real problem.

Doug Jones, best known for playing exotic creatures (e.g. the Amphibious Man in The Shape of Water), plays James Whitley, a damaged soul who decides to “rescue” children like himself (orphaned foster children), reuniting them with their birth parents by euthanizing them.

Kristoffer Polaha (Atlas Shrugged, Ballers, Get Shorty, Wonder Woman 1984), Christopher Backus (Bosch, Roadies), SerDarius Blain (Jumanji) and Christopher Masterson (Malcolm in the Middle) play the grown-up versions of the four victims who got away. The back story of their abduction, confinement and escape is told incrementally in well-placed brief flashes inserted into the present timeline.

Polaha’s portrayal of the perpetually drunk and frustrated victim turned rescuer – Detective Brian Larson – is emotional and among the strongest of his career.

Academy Award winner Mira Sorvino plays Detective Erica Shotwell, Larson’s partner and lover. Her performance is understated and mysterious. Shotwell is an outsider to the community. She has a chip on her shoulder and a past that she keeps from everyone, including her partner. Sorvino shines in the action scenes and is particularly strong in tense gun-drawn sequences, including pursuing and battling an escaped convict early in the film, and similarly pursuing Whitley through the woods in a climactic scene.

When Larson is pulled from working the case of his own childhood abductor, Shotwell goes from working with a partner with whom she had way too much chemistry, to one with whom she has none. The pairing of Mira’s Shotwell with Aaron Farb’s (Kill the Messenger, The Originals) eccentric Detective Abrams makes for an entertaining contrast. At times, you can’t tell if Abram’s quirks are Columbo-like put-ons designed to lower the defenses of those with whom he engages in the course of an investigation, or if he’s forgotten about the investigation altogether. Shotwell can’t tell either.

Farb’s Abrams would be the odd man out in the story if not for “Rose,” the equally odd hotel manager/madam. Melora Walters – known to Seinfeld fans as George’s girlfriend in the classic “shrinkage” episode – is weirdly terrific as Rose.

Mira’s father, screen icon Paul Sorvino, anchors the film as the father-like Captain Parker, who we learn from old interrogation video was involved in Whitley’s original arrest and conviction several decades earlier.

Chris Backus’ performance as Matt is subtle perfection. No actor could better capture the permanent effects of childhood trauma PTSD than Backus does here. To drive the point home, even the lovely Jena Sims (Sharknado, Attack of the 50-foot Cheerleader) as Alexa, can’t break through Matt’s shell.

Chris Masterson’s George is creepy as hell and worlds away from his most famous role of Francis on Malcolm in the Middle.

Veteran actress Marla Adams (Splendor in the Grass, Days of our Lives, etc.) gives a solid performance as the well-meaning foster mother of the abducted boys.

Don Swayze as Whitley’s abusive foster father is appropriately disturbing. Even the kids in this film are outstanding. Of note, young Ashlyn Jade Lopez sets an emotional tone in the first frames of the film that stays with the viewer throughout.

As noted above, the subject matter is dark and the story is a complicated journey. Outstanding performances make it well worth the ride.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 30 min (90 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated TV-MA
Genre Thriller
Director Adam Marino
Writer Adam Marino, Naman Barsoom, Daniel Wallner
Actors Mira Sorvino, Kristoffer Polaha, Doug Jones
Country United States
Awards N/A
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

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Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera Arri Alexa (Arri/Ziess Master Prime Lenses)
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Cinematographic Process ArriRaw
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