Pay attention very closely to the opening scene of “The Integrity of Joseph Chambers” and store that in your mind. Of course, you may want to revisit that opening scene after the closing credits have rolled.
Joe (Clayne Crawford) and his family have moved to rural America to escape the urban grid thinking they would be making jams and jellies and canning tomatoes. Joe would hunt and be the “big provider”.
Joe takes up hunting but as his wife and his hunting mate note his inexperience saying wait some more before you go out on your own. You will see the inexperience as he heads off to the woods. He barely knows how to load the hunting rifle. He knows nothing about stalking prey. He is absolutely a disaster waiting to happen. He stumbles wildly and lets off a shot. A little further in the woods he discovers a vagrant with a bullet in his gut and seemingly dead. What does he do thinking his errant shot felled the vagrant?
His good conscience dictates he spill the beans to the local police. As a lawyer I note his shot was so errant a forensic examination of the deceased may reveal that Joseph Cambers has too much integrity. Before you make any decision pay very close attention to the opening scene. Joseph may mistakenly believe he is Raskolnikov in Dostoevsky’s “Crime and Punishment”.
RKS 2024 Film Rating: 86/100.
Directed by Robert Machoian.
Released on VOD/Digital 26January2024.
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