[I]f you're weary of [Peter] Stormare's one-dimensional Hollywood villains... here's a chance to see him in his natural environment and much more truly disturbing than he usually is permitted to be.

Plot twists abound, but they don't detract from the strong character work done by the leads, with Coen brothers regular Stormare on especially unhinged form.

False Trail may turn a little too conventional towards the showdown but it is well-paced and strongly acted.