Blow the Man Down (2019)

 ☆ ☆ ½

Blow the Man Down (2019) – B. S. Cole & D. Krudy

Perhaps searching for a revelation from Amazon Prime (30 day free trial) is futile but this thriller was recommended on the internet – as a sort of Fargo for New England.  I suppose my NH upbringing also softened me up to choose this tale of small town Maine and two young women who get involved in murder there.  But apart from some snowy roads and colonial-styled houses, I didn’t recognise much (and the accents seemed a bit all over the place).  The drama itself was acceptable, although if you told me it was “made for TV” (as we understood this term in ye olden days), I wouldn’t have been surprised – except for the focus on prostitution (which might mean the title, taken from the seafaring tune, counts as a double entendre, sadly). There’s little action but there is family drama, some yearning to escape small town life, and a wry comedic ending featuring some otherwise nosy old women.  Not terrible but there are other choices out there.