Nerds That Geek Movie Review: ‘The Hollow Point’

Written by Scott Edwards

Small towns keep no secrets, which can be the one drawback to living in them, especially if you have a reputation of being a troublemaker. With everyone being in everyone else’s business, you may find that it can be uncomfortable when you are trying to do something that can better your lifestyle. Doing things against the law never goes unchecked, even if you think that you can get away with it. Seeing everybody on a daily basis, they all know that something is up when you start acting differently, so it might not be the best place to try and get away with anything.
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As the Cartels are growing in power in Mexico and waging wars against each other, they are running out of one thing that can keep them in power, bullets. With a plan to make money the easy way, the Mercy brothers have decided to be bullet runners for the Cartels and pull in some quick cash. But when Clive Mercy is pulled over by Sheriff Leland with a load, he tries to hide the fact that he has been smuggling for many months now. Leland has caught on to what the brothers have been up to and noticing the same drivers in different trucks along the same road, he is ready to see what has been going on. Not willing to give up his secret, Clive tries to attack the sheriff, but finds himself on a cold slab as Leland is going to do what needs to be done in his town to protect folks.

Coming back to his hometown, Wallace is welcomed with anything but opened arms. Taking over as sheriff for Leland and his ‘shoot first, ask questions later’ mentality, Wallace is stuck questioning what is happening in his town. Chopping up Clive’s truck and finding illegal ammo hidden throughout, he knows that there is something bigger going on and needs to find Ken Mercy before something bad happens to him. Checking out his normal spots, Wallace is able to find the dealer’s new house with Ken trying to recover from the burns he got from his truck. Heading down to call for help, Wallace is met by someone he never expected an enforcer from the Cartel that only has one thing on his mind, to kill whomever is on his list.

Losing his hand in the fight, Wallace will not lay off of his new investigation and gets the names and addresses of whomever else could be involved. While trying to get the answers he wants, Leland comes back into the game and does his own snooping and starts with his old car dealer friend Shep Diaz who is getting money from somewhere, but not from his dealership. Getting shot by Shep, Leland knows he is on the right track and keeps Wallace in the loop of what is going on in the small town. Knowing that a war is on its way to the town, either to get rid of Shep or to eliminate the folks that get in their way, the Cartel’s assassin is free to work on his list as he sees fit.

Just a fun but disturbing look at how the border towns have to police their people and those looking to hurt them. With the Cartels gaining in strength and being able to make deals with folks to smuggle things that they need to survive, it is frightening to think of what they will do when they don’t get what they want. The drive that Wallace has to keep his townspeople safe is admirable, even after losing his hand to the Cartel’s man and seeing Leland bringing himself out of retirement is how you would like to draw it up. Two men versus a cartel may not be the numbers that would prove to be successful, but it is better than being walked over when there are others that want to help the cause. With a charred body, plenty of gun shots, a one-handed sheriff, an old sheriff with a big gun and plenty of blood, there is little to keep anyone from getting lost in the little town, but I did spend a lot of time trying to figure out why everyone there does not seem to like Wallace one bit. Happy Viewing.

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