{"id":36681,"date":"2025-08-04T17:52:26","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T21:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/?p=36681"},"modified":"2025-08-06T11:41:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T15:41:50","slug":"part-2-straight-up-film-review-and-more-by-greggwmorris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/part-2-straight-up-film-review-and-more-by-greggwmorris\/","title":{"rendered":"Part 2 \u2013 Straight Up Film Review and More \u2013 Now in Theaters"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kelseytaylorhasnoinsta\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; 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font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kelseytaylorhasnoinsta\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">kelseytaylorhasnoinsta<\/a>) \u2022 Instagram photos and videos<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr align=\"center\" noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"2\" width=\"60%\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Written and Directed<\/strong> by Kelsey Taylor<br \/>\n<strong>Starring<\/strong> Maddison Brown (Dani), Ivan Martin (the Woodsman), Michael Esper (Carey, the sexual predator), Kaitlin Doubleday (Jolene, Carey\u2019s significant other)<br \/>\n<strong>Produced by<\/strong> Adam Lee, Kelsey Taylor, Ricky Fosheim, Zach Golden<br \/>\n<strong>Executive Produced by<\/strong> Joseph Restaino, Tony Stopperan, Jay Burnley, Chelsea Tieu, Mark Fuell, Katherine Waddell, Felix Dashevsky, Jeremy Walton, David Lyons, Ivan Martin, Maddison Brown, Dena Platis, Georgina Campbell, Kate Coyne, Tom Lee<br \/>\n<strong>Cinematography<\/strong> by Adam Lee<br \/>\n<strong>Edited<\/strong> by Dawson Taylor<br \/>\n<strong>Music<\/strong> by Sara Barone, Forest Christenson<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tokillawolf.com\/\"><strong>{Now in Theaters: Click This Link for Dates, Schedules}<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>On the One Hand: <\/strong>TO KILL A WOLF is an undeniable gotcha. Acting, overall, ranges from good to very good. Also, there are intriguing plots and subplots, themes and sub-themes and beaucoup surprises that can make the hair on one\u2019s neck stand up. Another also: The cinematography and production values can stir up audience members\u2019 appetites about Oregon where the story takes place. And the deft music and film score add to the cinematic pleasure of this film. And there are other beaucoup surprises that can\u2019t be described in this narrative text because of the perils of \u2026 guess what \u2026 spoilers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>On the Other Hand:<\/strong> The main issue this reviewer has with TO KILL A WOLF is this: It\u2019s as if the filmmaker, deciding that the audience might not get the message of how grievous predatorial sexual violence can be, has way too many scenes of Dani stumbling and fumbling trying to say \u2013 and fails \u2013 that Michael Esper\u2019s Carey the sexual predator molested her. TO KILL A WOLF needs to be trimmed at least 30 minutes if not more.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/part-1-to-kill-a-wolf-film-review-so-much-more-now-available-vod-as-of-august-1-greggwmorris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Click here to return to Part 1<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; View this profile on Instagram &nbsp; Kelsey Taylor (@kelseytaylorhasnoinsta) \u2022 Instagram photos and videos &nbsp; Written and Directed by Kelsey Taylor Starring Maddison Brown (Dani), Ivan Martin (the Woodsman), Michael Esper (Carey, the sexual predator), Kaitlin Doubleday (Jolene, Carey\u2019s&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/part-2-straight-up-film-review-and-more-by-greggwmorris\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2269,2287],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2269","category-reviews-2025"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36681"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36681\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36788,"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36681\/revisions\/36788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}