Hellion

Hellion (2014) is a raw American drama from director Kat Candler — watch it online on iFILM. Aaron Paul plays Hollis, a grieving father who has checked out on his two sons, and first-timer Josh Wiggins is Jacob, the older boy burning everything down around him.

Jacob is thirteen, obsessed with motocross, and running with a crew that smashes up vacant houses for fun. When child protective services step in and place his little brother Wes with their aunt, Jacob has to reckon with the fact that his own behaviour broke the family apart. Hollis has the same reckoning to face — just from the other side of a locked bedroom door.

Candler shoots small-town Texas with a steady, unblinking eye, keeping the drama grounded in two people who don't know how to grieve together. It's quiet where you expect it to be loud, and that's what makes it linger. Stream Hellion (2014) online on iFILM.