Christian Swegal’s SOVEREIGN with Nick Offerman and Jacob Tremblay is one of the best films at this year’s Tribeca. I had a pit in my stomach the whole time I was watching it. It slowly builds towards something explosive that you know is coming. However, the moment is still startling when it arrives.
Offerman was born for this role and Tremblay is also remarkable, gaining our sympathy as a good kid whose mind is being poisoned by the only person he has in his life.
We are living in a time when extremists are coming out in full force around the world, so much that the word has almost lost its meaning. Swegal provides a necessary glimpse into one such man and the consequences of his actions.
Briarcliff Entertainment will release Sovereign on July 11.
