Andrew Barker’s A Reckoning is now on Amazon Prime

Novelist and filmmaker Andrew Barker’s long-awaited critically acclaimed directorial debut A Reckoning has finally hit Amazon Prime Video in the United States and United Kingdom recently.

Film Regions International (FRI), the production company behind the groundbreaking documentary “My Amityville Horror” has licensed the film for video-on-demand platforms in the American territory. FRI had also been an early supporter of the film after its initial release in 2010 when the film had received a great deal of critical acclaim, however disappointingly, the film ended up being shelved for the better part of the last ten years.

I was lucky enough to see the film back in 2010 and thought it was excellent. You can read my review here. I also interviewed director Andrew Barker, along with the stars Leslie Simpson and Axelle Carolyn.

Now that the film has finally received the light of day, it is very fitting and poignant considering the atmosphere with recent world events. The film tells the story of a lone man (featuring a powerful performance by Leslie Simpson, best known for “Dog Soldiers”, “The Descent”), trapped and imprisoned in a barren, desolate landscape. His only companions are a village of straw people with which he converses with as neighbours and friends; he even teaches straw children at the local school. Yet, this anchor, this way of habitual living, is about to become unraveled in frightening and disturbing ways.

Here is what Andrew Barker had to say about the film.