Father Hood

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Father Hood ★ 1993 (PG-13)

Family drama has Swayze playing a smalltime criminal whose daughter tracks him down after leaving the fostercare shelter where she and her brother are being abused. The family takes to the road, running from both the police and a journalist (Berry) who wants to expose the corrupt fostercare system. The children are obnoxious, Swayze is miscast, and the entire film is a misfire. 94m/C VHS, DVD . Patrick Swayze, Halle Berry, Sabrina Lloyd, Brian Bonsall, Diane Ladd, Michael Ironside, Bob Gunton; D: Darrell Roodt; W: Scott Spencer.

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