Film Review – Killing Faith

Writer/director Ned Crowley aims to get dark, real dark, with “Killing Faith.” It’s a western about death and despair, following characters saddled with incredible emotional pain and fears trying to cross America to find potential salvation that’s never going to come for them. Crowley favors heaviness, but he maintains a reasonably compelling study of perseverance and exploration in the feature, which offers a deliberately paced ride into Hell. “Killing Faith” doesn’t win on storytelling speed, as Crowley remains attentive to lengthy monologues and pregnant pauses, and dramatic and logical issues periodically arise. “Killing Faith” has a few limitations, but for those open to a slow journey into misery, the offering has its highlights, handling strange encounters with some skill, and performances work to support the helmer’s idiosyncratic vision for the picture. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com