• Source: A Patient Man (film)

      • A Patient Man is a crime drama film, written and directed by Kevin Ward and released on January 17, 2020.


      Plot


      Tom Alexander works for a consulting firm in Los Angeles. He was injured and his wife killed in a car accident caused by another driver running a red light; he now wears a knee brace, commutes on his bicycle and via light rail instead of in a car, and is seeing a therapist. He is troubled by flashbacks; on the train, he meets Aaron, who tells him his driving license has been restricted, and Tom patiently finds out more and then plots his revenge.


      Cast


      Jonathan Mangum as Tom Alexander
      Tate Ellington as Aaron Clarke
      Kelsey Scott as Tom's therapist
      Amir Talai as Rami, Tom's co-worker
      Catherine Von Till as Rachel


      Production


      A Patient Man was Ward's first feature film; he also wrote the script, and described it as Hitchcockian in inspiration.


      Release


      The film was shown at the 2019 Austin Film Festival and released on video on demand on February 7, 2020.


      Reception


      Some reviewers described A Patient Man as "interesting and twisted" and praised Ward's direction for "an amazing job of hiding the clues to the mystery while showing a very real depiction of how a person can descend into revenge because of their grief", and Mangum's and Ellington's performances. Others criticized the film for "telegraph[ing] the plot even while spinning it" and Mangum's performance as "so deadpan as to be sleep inducing",


      References




      External links


      A Patient Man at Rotten Tomatoes
      A Patient Man at IMDb

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