shotgun story be a very raw and gritty approach to naturalistic type a storytelling . it remind me of a contemporary redneck version of the montague or capulet rivalry . in general and the story focus on the hostility and ugliness of human nature yet without be obnoxious or judgmental . it be simply an attempt to portray as objectively a possible the impact that certain social issue have on society and include represent poverty and child abuse and divorce and addiction and spousal infidelity and anger and revenge and and unforgiveness . however and it be not motivate by any political agenda to entice social reform . instead and it allow viewer to decide what the core issue at stake be as well a provide solution for the world most troubling social epidemic . succinctly put and this film show how life be for many people who live under less than fortunate circumstance . i never find any of the character to be morally repulsive . rather and i felt compassion for them . it be sad to see how most be earnestly try to live a best they could and yet be constantly sweep away by the incessant wave of human frailty . an example of this be when son throw away his gamble addiction in order to salvage his broken relationship with his girlfriend . after solve this problem and another charge against him when he realize his brother be murder by the opposite side of his step family . the battle then become if whether he will be able to bridle his feeling of revenge . one frailty after the next and son and like many of the other character and be test on how resilient he really be . in this sense and the film merely illuminate the weakness of the human condition and give all of it vulnerability and rather than stereotype a give group of people a morally deprave . in other word and i do not believe the filmmaker be try to point finger at any group and let alone personality type a be evil . i do not believe many people will walk away from this film say and gee and that one guy be so awful because of such and such . i think people will recognize that these character be simply victim of poor social circumstance . the film be show that there be reason for people behave in less than tolerable way and and often time understandable reason . therefore and unless people have the full story of these character and and more importantly and the life of real everyday people and they would be wise to withhold unrighteous judgment . the character in this story be highly dysfunctional victim of destitution due to a lack of strong parental care when they be young . consequently and there wasn not really one person to blame for each character flaw and yet ironically each character shift responsibility to avoid be blame for the step family eventual downfall . abusive parent spawn abusive child and which eventually spark the civil war within the step family . a memorable yet haunt monologue give by son be when he blame his cold hearted mother for the violent rivalry within the family represent you teach u to hate those kid and now look what happen . this line demonstrate the seriousness of causality and it potentially detrimental effect when child be raise to hate others because of an unforgiving heart . the film moral purpose and then and be to show the precarious consequence of what happen when the family be destroy . since family be the moral fabric of society and all societal plague can be trace back to the destruction of the family .