Rated: Not Rated | Running Time: 96 Minutes
From: Dark Sky Films
In Theaters and on Digital: July 24, 2026
It’s Australia, it’s 2019, and fires are really messing up lives.
But it wasn’t just the fires messing up the lives of mom, Maria (Mavournee Hazel) and young Dai (Diesel La Torraca). Nope, dad, Jason (Josh McConville) is an asshole, and mom is just trying to protect her son.
What to do? Mom and Dai flee the fires, but really, they are fleeing dad, and Maria works to set up a new life for them. The problem? Jason is on the hunt, and nothing is going to stop him.
The movie is “Cruel Hands,” from Director Al Kalyk, and while the story is fairly simple, violent husband/dad is on the hunt for mom and son, Al does a wonderful job of building the suspense through to the ending.
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