Directed by Sam Raimi – Starring Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton, Bridget Fonda

Three ordinary people find a crashed plane in the snow — and a bag full of cash.

This feels like a surprising left turn for Sam Raimi.

No demons.

No slapstick horror.

No Bruce Campbell.

Just a quiet, snow-covered crime story about moral collapse.

The premise isn’t new. Found money. Bad decisions. Distrust. Violence. We’ve seen it before. But I don’t need something to be new if it’s done well. And for the most part, this is.

Bill Paxton and Bridget Fonda play well off each other, grounding the film in something that feels believable even as things start to unravel. Billy Bob Thornton is still effective, even if the performance feels slightly dated in spots.

The snowy setting does a lot of the work.

Everything feels isolated. Exposed. Like there’s nowhere to run once things start going wrong. It has a bit of that Coen Brothers quality — not in humor, but in the way it watches people make small, irreversible decisions and then quietly follows the consequences. How it dissects crime in some remote part of America.

It’s not flawless. A few moments feel a little too telegraphed, and some character turns lean just a bit too dramatic. But I found myself staying with it anyway.

Full transparency: I’ve seen this a few times now, and in my mind, it mostly holds up.

It’s a simple story about greed. About pride. About the illusion that we’re more in control than we really are. And it understands that once you cross a line, it’s hard to find your way back.

Verdict: Engaging