"Rivals of Amziah King" REVIEW

In Oklahoma, for Amziah, there are just two things that matter in his life, his bees for his honey empire and his music. When that is challenged after reuniting with his long lost foster daughter, which causes tragic to strike his farm and inevitably his own life, it is up to his foster daughter to pick up the roots of the business and put things back together in the name of her "Father". The question is can she do it as there is one mighty empire that stands in her way.

Set as a contemporary western film that has roots in dark comedy and crime drama thriller, The Rivals of Amziah King will instantly have you trying to figure out the purpose of this hick drama on the screen. Starring Matthew McConaughey as Amziah, who has a unique knack for comedy in it's darkest sense. We instantly get the idea of everyone coveting the honey fields enough to en some ways kill for it as the detectives find "stolen" honey and attempt to find their owner. We learn early on that the most dedicated honey owners find unique ways of marking both their bees and the honey in case of unpredicted robbery which McConaughey has a witty way of explaining this to the audience and the officials together.

Additionally, the film stars an up and coming actress (Angelina LookingGlass) who ends up taking the lead as the film goes from a fun loving honey musical to that of a crime drama as she takes on an impossible mission with "Suite Life's" Cole Sprouse who ultimately is one of her allies to help her on her mission to take down "Don McCoy" (Kurt Russell) by any means possible.

Finally the film does a good job of simulating a real life hive even in the action on the screen as one "queen" or King passes and the hive makes way for a new one to come on the scene. The only problem is the metaphor may not be truly clear until the end and might leave you wanting to watch again for anything you may have missed the first time around.

That being said, The Rivals of Amziah King came out in theaters August 14 and while it is rated R, it does show a bit of very explicit violence that may leave one a bit queasey early on in the film. That being said, the more the film gets going, it is a classic "whodoneit"murder mystery/revenge story that one has to see and follow to fully understand the hiddent meaning behind. It is currently playing in select theaters for a limitted time only. See it while you still have time.