Chad and Ryan invite girlfriends camping, find drug money. Suburban teens clash with locals and sheriff. Vietnam vets suspect alien activity. Set in 1990s Florida, explores friendship and coming-of-age.
Chad and Ryan have been looking to break the mold and take another step toward their own perception of manhood. They devise a plan to invite their girlfriends on a no-parents camping trip. Things seem to be going normal until the kids stumble upon a bag of drug money. The situation takes a turn for the worse when the suburban teens find themselves mixed up with a nefarious group of locals and their leader - the newly elected sheriff. Something else is happening in the middle of the woods and two Vietnam vets are convinced the origins are extraterrestrial. Set in Florida in the early nineties, Dark Hammock highlights the independent streak of the era and the importance of having your friends back.—Ashley Billington
