★★★½ Nothing To Lose

[Twinkletoes: 3.5]

Twinkletoes says: 'This film is about a man who escapes from prison in order to prove is innocence in the killings of his sister and father won the best picture award at the 2008 Philadelphia Film Festival. I was a bit stunned at that. The film is an intense and effective thriller and the lead gives a very good performance, but this is a lean filmmaking and not the type one generally thinks of as a "best of festival" type. I thought it was solid but not quite exceptional.'