Hollow Pity

In the aftermath of the landmark Tanner v. Fedler prison abuse trial, retired corrections officer Arthur Blackwell retreats into solitude, haunted by his testimony that changed nothing. One night, an intruder breaks into his isolated home—a face he recognizes from his past. Instead of calling the police, Blackwell decides to deliver his own brutal justice, turning his house into a labyrinth of homemade, visceral traps. As the night descends into a bloody game of cat and mouse, he exposes a chilling truth: sympathy for the weak is a hollow lie if it never hardens into systemic change.