The story centers around the controversial Stand Your Ground laws and the unequal effectiveness when claimed by women during abuse. It specifically focuses on a single case of a mother in rural Alabama, who by all accounts, was trying to better her life in anticipation of an imminent reunion with her children.
The problem with the film is stated in a simple phrase by the victim's own defense attorney - to wit, her use of force didn't happen during the abuse. So, the point of the film isn't well illustrated by this particular case.
Let me say that Brittany Smith suffered a horrendous attack in her own home and used the best skills anyone could by deflecting her attacker with the excuse of needing cigarettes only to have her attacker continue his rampage on her brother, which in itself should justify her actions, considering the statistics used at the end of the film, maybe one of those cases would have made for a better poster child for inequality of the Stand Your Ground Law vs. Brittany Smith's case of another sad failure or the justice system.
The problem with the film is stated in a simple phrase by the victim's own defense attorney - to wit, her use of force didn't happen during the abuse. So, the point of the film isn't well illustrated by this particular case.
Let me say that Brittany Smith suffered a horrendous attack in her own home and used the best skills anyone could by deflecting her attacker with the excuse of needing cigarettes only to have her attacker continue his rampage on her brother, which in itself should justify her actions, considering the statistics used at the end of the film, maybe one of those cases would have made for a better poster child for inequality of the Stand Your Ground Law vs. Brittany Smith's case of another sad failure or the justice system.