The kind of low-rent indie drama that evolves its narrative out of situations rather than character, yet packs an impressive punch in the acting department. These are the films I want to see Aaron Paul continue doing, here playing a semi-deadbeat widower father of two boys, aged ten and thirteen, the younger of which gets taken one day by Child Protective Services and placed in the care of his sister-in-law, played by Juliette Lewis.
Hellion has a very loose flow, as not every scene is vital, and some important ones are skipped over altogether, like when the older kid decides to enter a motor-cross competition to win money that he thinks will somehow return his brother home, and there is…