The Locusts

Starring:Kate Capshaw, Jeremy Davies, Vince Vaughn, Ashley Judd, Paul Rudd, Daniel Meyer, Jessica Capshaw, Jessie Robertson, Jimmy Ray Pickens, Jerry Haynes, Jason Davis
Director: John Patrick Kelley
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Product Type: DVD

Average customer rating:

Southern Goth at its best
Originality, harmonious mix of actors, rural America
High Drama!
DARK SHADOWS
Vince Vaughn HOT & BOTHERED! ......Rogers KId

The Locusts
Starring: Kate Capshaw , Jeremy Davies , Vince Vaughn , Ashley Judd , and Paul Rudd
Director: John Patrick Kelley
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B00005UJYB
Release Date: 2002-03-19

Description

'superb acting [from] a stand-out cast (The New York Post), including Kate Capshaw, Jeremy Davies, Vince Vaughn, Paul Rudd, Daniel Meyer and Ashley Judd, make this sultry, suspenseful and chilling drama about four people drawn into a deadly web of obsession, an absolute must-see! Delilah Potts (Capshaw) has always had her choice of men to work her ranch and fill her bed. But from the moment Clay Hewitt (Vaughn), a handsome drifter with a mysterious past, arrives at her door, Delilah knows that her life will never be the same. And when he spurns her affections, she unleashes a torrentof forbidden passions and deadly secrets that will prove to Clay that the only thing darker and more dangerous than the past he's escaping...is the one he's about to discover.

Customer Reviews:

Southern Goth at its best.......2007-03-05

Stellar acting from a great ensemble and a plot that could have been written by Flannery O'Connor, Truman Capote and Erskine Caldwell during an all night drinking session. Only disappointment was the last 30 seconds of the film -- a Hollywood ending to a Southern Goth only leaves one wanting more.

Originality, harmonious mix of actors, rural America.......2007-01-07

THE LOCUSTS is an extraordinary movie, what will
please the viewers, from the originality of the
story, and from the harmonious mix of actors chosen. It's
the story of how everyone is unique, each person has their own
strengths and weaknesses, life experiences, social
pressures and too often, people have only a limited
road on which they can walk, on the path of Life and Work.

Clearly, Vince Vaughn is at his best in this movie,
feeling at ease and natural in the role of an "older
brother" to another individual, who is stigmatized,
psychologically impaired, and physically disabled, named Flyboy.

The character is played convincingly by Jeremy Davies, who
perhaps some may underestimate, considering the later valuable role in
Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan. Kate Capshaw, does a fine job.

Some have noted the manic, omnipresent "smoking" of this
movie, which defies explanation. Perhaps it's just a
device that was seen as having worked well in the
earlier movie, with Judd too, SMOKE, perhaps the director decided
to employ it in LOCUSTS as well.

The most difficult to believe part, is when Vaughn, a
total stranger to a small town, hooks up, and gets hired
on the basis of one beer, in the local tavern. However,
for the remainder of the movie, all the scenes are
extremely believable and the story unfolds convincingly, thus
captivating the viewers' attentions.

Overall, what makes this movie succeed, is the charm and
"utopia" of another time and space, perhaps 200 years ago,
of a small town, in rural America, aside from the
tragic, and insidious story underpinning how Flyboy's
humanity was destroyed as a child, for example. Other aspects
that many will find interesting, is the libido between
Vaughn and the girls on the farm, including Ashley Judd,
the unease felt by the other men feel in face of all of this, the
tension of a new hired hand joining the group, learning
an entirely new, and unappetizing profession, and more.

LOCUSTS simply takes the viewer on a trip for 90 minutes,
and as such is a valuable addition to a collection. Judd's
presence simply makes the movie even more appealing.

High Drama!.......2006-12-18

I have a thing about Ashley Judd. She is one of my favorite actresses so it's not surprising that I look for her movies. Last night I watched `The Locusts,' a slow moving movie of high drama set in rural Missouri and of course featuring Ashley Judd as Kitty, who was actually supporting actress to, Kate Capshaw who played Delilah Ashford Potts.

The way the story goes, the widow Potts owns Ashford farm, a cattle feed farm, employing many of the area's young men and occasionally taking one of them as her lover.

Clay Hewitt (Vince Vaughn), a drifter, is hired by Potts, who has plans for him but he takes up instead with Kitty. He also makes friends with his boss's twenty-one year old mute son, Flyboy (Jeremy Davies) and with persistence begins to bring him out of his shell.

Reputedly, thirteen year old Flyboy found his father hanging from a tree and had been institutionalized until recently, where he went home and became the cook. Flyboy wouldn't talk and performed his duties with his gaze diverted and the widow Pott's seemed to like it that way. When Clay befriended her son, Pott's seemed to resent it and started to do mean things. This ultimately ended in tragedy.

Conclusion
Although the story didn't particularly grab me, there was some damn good acting here. No not from my sweetheart Ashley Judd, though she did alright. Both Vince Vaughn and Jeremy Davies played their characters to a tee and put on great performances. Even Paul Rudd did his character proud.
The story centered around Flyboy and Clay's efforts to get him to open up. Fly boy ostensibly discovered his has father hanging from a tree after committing suicide. The alleged reason he killed himself was that he once often found his serial adulteress wife in his bed with a lover.
Neither the plot, story, time period (late 50's) or setting were particularly compelling for me. Nevertheless, the movie was well directed, the cast was well chosen and they did a commendable job. Final rating 3.5 stars, rounded up.

DARK SHADOWS.......2006-05-16

THE LOCUSTS is a downbeat film, but has some admirable qualities. Vince Vaughn gives a stellar performance as a mysterious drifter who shows up in Sealy, Texas and takes a job as a ranch hand on a beef farm run by cold and seductive Kate Capshaw. Capshaw's husband committed suicide after finding his wife making out with a ranchhand. Their impressionable 13 year old son was then committed to a mental home after breaking down from the tragedy. He is now 21 and is superbly emobided by the underrated Jeremy Davies.
Vaughn establishes a relationship with him and also steals the girlfriend of a fellow employee. Ashley Judd shines as the girl who wants to settle down with Vince, but doesn't know he has a shady past. The movie's biggest drawback is the lackluster performance of Capshaw; she is lethargic and a more energetic actress would have made her character more devastating.
Nonetheless, with Davies and Vaughn especially good, the movie is worth a look, but it is rather depressing.

Vince Vaughn HOT & BOTHERED! ......Rogers KId.......2006-02-17

The Locusts, is a fascinating psychological look at an abused woman as a child, has now become a master of abuse to her own son and oddly the young ranch hands that work for her. Kate Capshaw gives a haunting performance of a woman who loves,hates and needs her life to be a place where she can be the BOSS and the one who humiliates whoevever she wants to. She doesn't just castrate bulls. Vince Vaughn is not just another sexy ranch hand.He is a sensitive, caring human being who befriends her emotionally depressed and disturbed son. She learns that Vince Vaughn has a secret after he refuses her advances. Vaughn is vulnerable and strong. He gives an outstanding portrayal of a young man who finds love and friendship in an unlikely place. Well done!!!

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