Lucas Frost, an honest man brought up in a crime family whose only legacy is violence, tries to make his own life with his fiancée, Emma. He is suddenly pulled back into the family business he so despises when his cousin, Eli, perpetrates an armed robbery on a local scrap yard and an innocent life is caught in the crossfire.

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Violent Ends (2025)

This isn't revenge. It's a reckoning.

★ 6.3/10 October 31, 2025 112 min

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Director: John-Michael Powell  ·  Writer: John-Michael Powell

Lucas Frost, an honest man brought up in a crime family whose only legacy is violence, tries to make his own life with his fiancée, Emma. He is suddenly pulled back into the family business he so despises when his cousin, Eli, perpetrates an armed robbery on a local scrap yard and an innocent life is caught in the crossfire.

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Director

John-Michael Powell John-Michael Powell

Cast

Billy Magnussen Billy Magnussen Lucas Frost Alexandra Shipp Alexandra Shipp Emma Nick Stahl Nick Stahl Tuck Whitehead Kate Burton Kate Burton Darlene Woodley James Badge Dale James Badge Dale Sid Frost Ray McKinnon Ray McKinnon Walt Frost Jared Bankens Jared Bankens Eli Frost Nathaniel Woolsey Nathaniel Woolsey Fiddle Frost Matt Riedy Matt Riedy Ray Frost Bruce McKinnon Bruce McKinnon Donny Frost Damon McKinnis Damon McKinnis Bryce Frost Scott McLean Harrison Scott McLean Harrison Reed Frost

User Reviews (2)

tender_buttkiss
tender_buttkiss December 11, 2025
★ 7/10

Violent Ends lives ip to its name. First bit was a bit of slow character development, letting you know who thr characters are and the world they inhabit, but then about half hour in, the movie starts amping up the action. Yes, it does have a pretty predictable ending, but the set up was worth it. All in all, a very enjoyable movie

Martin Oaks
Martin Oaks June 20, 2026
★ 4/10

**Blank bullets in the Ozarks** Lucas Frost is an upstanding man trapped in the shadow of a family clan whose only legacy is drug trafficking and brutality. Desperate to build a peaceful future far from crime, he plans to marry his fiancée, Emma. However, his family plans crumble when his ex-convict cousin, Eli, commits an armed robbery gone wrong, leaving an innocent victim caught in the crossfire. Torn between his sheriff mother's warnings and an unbearable thirst for justice, Lucas turns to his stepbrother, Tuck (Nick Stahl), to hunt down the culprits. "Violent Ends" is a prime example of the narrative apathy that has become so prevalent in contemporary cinema. While we would normally have loved to enjoy a film brimming with lyrical passion in a visceral family conflict, the mediocre Powell delivers a routine and lifeless genre exercise that moves with alarming listlessness. Th…