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George Clooney’s Matt King lives by his father’s principle that you should give your kids enough to do something, but not enough to do nothing. He is a descendant of King Kamehameha and is the head of a family trust that controls some of the most pristine undeveloped Hawaiian land. His cousins want to sell to a local developer, because it seems like the right thing to do. But would their ancestors really want a resort with golf course on the land? The principle applies to much more than money.

Matt describes himself as the back up parent. His wife Elizabeth (Patricia Hastie, PRINCESS KAULANI) was the primary caretaker for their two daughters. But now Elizabeth is in a coma following a boating accident. Matt is now confronted with two kids that make no sense to him. His 10-year-old Scottie (Amara Miller) is unruly and likes to get attention by saying inappropriate things. His 17-year-old Alexandra (Shailene Woodley, TV’s THE SECRET LIFE OF THE AMERICAN TEENAGER) is on another island attending a boarding school where she is supposed to be cleaning up her act from alcohol and drugs. Matt brings Alex home but it never seems like the right time to tell her that his mother will never recover. But when he does, she has something to tell him — Elizabeth has been cheating on Matt.

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This indie has the general premise of KICK-ASS — what if a regular man became a vigilante superhero. But this film isn’t a satire, it takes the story seriously and takes it to the dark realms that it leads. As a character study, it really looks at the personality of someone who goes into the street to find justice while risking their life. The title might be a reference to Batman’s sidekick Robin, but this is not a teen in green, red and yellow tights.

Sean Donovan (Caleb Steinmeyer, TV’s LOST) could easily be described as a boy wonder. He speaks several languages, listens to classical music on his iPod, and spends his days at the police station combing through files looking for the man who murdered his mother. The cops just think he’s a troubled kid looking for some closure and they’re right, but what they don’t know is he’s finding it by hunting down criminals who have gotten away with murder.

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