Film Review – High Ground

“High Ground” is the seventh picture directed by James Bamford to be released since 2024. He’s a quantity over quality type of filmmaker, tearing through B-movie productions, with his last endeavor, the dreadful “Jade,” briefly in theaters just one month ago. He’s not a helmer too concerned with creativity and surprise, and he issues another wheezy actioner in “High Ground,” which is actually more of a family tale than anything offering suspense. Screenwriter John Thaddeus creates the simplest of stories to follow, slapping on as much formula as possible to help the material cross the finish line, leaving behind some potential for craziness to occur in this examination of a small town crisis. Bamford’s here to supply stunt work, which isn’t inspired in the feature. In fact, “High Ground” doesn’t even visit violence until well past its midway point, leaving excitement behind to deal with uninteresting characters and their half-realized emotional issues. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com