Affliction DVD – James Coburn, Jim True

Wade Whitehouse (Nick Nolte) is at a turning point in his life. People order him around everywhere he turns from his demanding boss to his ex-wife who won’t let him see his daughter to his ageing violent alcoholic father (Academy Award winner James Coburn). For Wade the future looks bleak until his quiet New Hampshire town is shattered by the death of a Boston union official in a deer hunt led by Wade’s friend Jack. The incident is written off as an accident but Wade suspects that Jack is guilty of murder. Solving the crime becomes Wade’s obsession and his last opportunity to redeem himself in the eyes of the town his ex-wife his father and – most of all – himself. Featuring an impressive star cast Affliction is a tense and compelling psycho-drama from Paul Schrader screenwriter of Taxi Driver and Raging Bull and director of American Gigolo.