This Woodsman Doesn't Cut It

The Woodsman (2004)

Starring: Kevin Bacon, Kate Hudson Directed by: Nick Kassell Rating: NR Genre: Drama Other

Review This one's a baffler. Flashdancer Kevin Bacon is released from prison after being ratted out on some kind of heist-gone-bad. But rather than try to round up a gang of misfits and oddballs to pull an even bigger caper at the lumber mill, Bacon sulks and mopes around his dingy apartment for days on end. Even the presence of sexy Kate Hudson can't seem to raise this woodsman from his torpor. Newcomer Nick Kassell drenches the screen in opressive colors and the picture never gathers the momentum that, for instance, George Clooney ("Golden Girls") generates in the recently released caper pic Oceans 12. A few good chuckles at the end were not enough to salvage this disappointing first effort. Never forget that it's entertainment, Nick!