4/10
Predictable neo-noir needed more Davi less plot contrivances
21 May 2013
Choosing to delve into Redbox Instant, in part due to the free trial, I picked this to watch first as it was the first one alphabetically that wasn't on Netflix already. That and I admire Robert Davi. So throwing caution to the wind (my previous experiences with the films of Rolfe Kanefsky have been less than stellar to put it diplomatically, read my review of "Pretty Cool" for more on that), I decided to give it a go, the results may surprise you... Or not.

In a technical aspect, this film is atrocious, the sound is out of sync, which got annoying and at times felt like I was watching a badly-dubbed foreign film. The acting was very melodramatic, but after a while I was surprised to find that the film was growing on me like some utterly bizarre type of fungus. Well to a point at least, there's a shift of tone at some point that the film takes a nosedive after. But be that as it may, suffice it to say I did ultimately enjoy it much more than the aforementioned dismal Pretty Cool films and more than his more well-known and slicker but utterly forgettable Nightmare Man.
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