Bride of Re-Animator (1991)

It almost feels unfair that She Rides the Shotgun, Nick Rowland’s wiry, nerve-jangling new thriller, has been dropped with such little marketing fanfare. Lionsgate hasn’t given the film the push it deserves, but make no mistake: this is one of those rare movies that sneaks up on you, grabs your throat, and doesn’t let go until you’ve laughed, cried, and gasped your way through its haunting finale.Based on Jordan Harper’s award-winning novel (with the author himself co-writing the script alongside Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski), the film follows Nate McClusky (Taron Egerton), a hardened ex-con just out of prison, whose survival instincts collide head-on with his responsibility as a father. Almost immediately after release, Nate scoops up his estranged 11-year-old daughter Polly (Ana Sophia Heger, a revelation) from school. This isn’t a tearful reunion; the car window is shattered, Nate is buzzing with tension, and Polly barely remembers this anxious man now pulling her into his storm. What she doesn’t know yet is that her mother has just been murdered — and that both of them are next on a hit list from a white supremacist gang Nate crossed behind bars.