Originally planning to watch the quirky Bollywood movie Finding Fanny, (what a title!)I was disappointed to discover that the DVD was faulty.With there only being a few days to go until a poll being held on IMDb for the best films of 2014 was to end,I franticly starting taking a look at a small pile of 2014 titles that a family friend had recently passed over.With having enjoyed the 2008 Aussie Noir film The Square,I was delighted to spot a fresh cut of Aussie Noir which appeared to be really over looked,which led to me getting ready to discover who you can reckon on.
The plot:
Called out along with Detective Jane Lambert to a crime scene, Detective Robbie Green discovers that the victim is his former partner Jason Pearson.Keeping hold of the vodka that he's secretly drinking,Green opens Pearson's car door,and starts to investigate the remains of the deadly hit and run.Carefully checking Pearson's blood-soaked body,Green discovers that a memory card has been left in a pocket.
Going back to the police station,Green and Lambert discover that the memory card contains a documentary movie being made by Rachel (who is dying from cancer) and her newly-married husband A.J.Watching the start of the doc,Green and Lambert find out that Rachel's sister was killed in a hit and run,which has led to Rachel deciding that she will use her final breath to get revenge on the people who killed her sister.As Green & Lambert set off to stop Rachel and A.J. on their road of revenge,Green soon finds out that he is unknowingly about to face his day of reckoning.
View on the film:
Whilst the "Found Footage" sub-genre has mostly become connected with Horror titles,writer/director John V. Soto uses the format here to cross Film Noir over with the Revenge genre,that allows for Soto and cinematographer Jason Thomas to give the movie 2 contrasting appearance.Backed by somber score from Thomas Rouch,Thomas and Soto use glass to subtly show Green being unable to see the demons reflected at him,and to also show Green and Lambert looking out to the murky shadows of the past.Keeping the "Found Footage" limited to featuring Rachel & A.J.,Soto and Thomas use the couples documentary to give the movie a rawness that gradually consumes the title,with the couples revenge attacks pulling everyone into a decaying gutter.
Although the structure of the title does feature some noticeable flaws, (if the documentary was the only clue that you had,why would you not watch the full movie before you went back out to continue the investigation!) the screenplay by Soto makes the flaws ones that are easy to overlook,due to Soto uncovering the past piece by piece which has led to Green (played by an excellent,worn down Jonathan LaPaglia) becoming a burnt to a crisp cop,who finds himself stuck on a Film Noir road to pain.Keeping away from showing Rachel and A.J. as 2 dumb teens on a killing spree,Soto digs deep into the events which have led to Rachel's desire for revenge,which leads to a wonderfully bleak final note,as everyone faces their day of reckoning.
The plot:
Called out along with Detective Jane Lambert to a crime scene, Detective Robbie Green discovers that the victim is his former partner Jason Pearson.Keeping hold of the vodka that he's secretly drinking,Green opens Pearson's car door,and starts to investigate the remains of the deadly hit and run.Carefully checking Pearson's blood-soaked body,Green discovers that a memory card has been left in a pocket.
Going back to the police station,Green and Lambert discover that the memory card contains a documentary movie being made by Rachel (who is dying from cancer) and her newly-married husband A.J.Watching the start of the doc,Green and Lambert find out that Rachel's sister was killed in a hit and run,which has led to Rachel deciding that she will use her final breath to get revenge on the people who killed her sister.As Green & Lambert set off to stop Rachel and A.J. on their road of revenge,Green soon finds out that he is unknowingly about to face his day of reckoning.
View on the film:
Whilst the "Found Footage" sub-genre has mostly become connected with Horror titles,writer/director John V. Soto uses the format here to cross Film Noir over with the Revenge genre,that allows for Soto and cinematographer Jason Thomas to give the movie 2 contrasting appearance.Backed by somber score from Thomas Rouch,Thomas and Soto use glass to subtly show Green being unable to see the demons reflected at him,and to also show Green and Lambert looking out to the murky shadows of the past.Keeping the "Found Footage" limited to featuring Rachel & A.J.,Soto and Thomas use the couples documentary to give the movie a rawness that gradually consumes the title,with the couples revenge attacks pulling everyone into a decaying gutter.
Although the structure of the title does feature some noticeable flaws, (if the documentary was the only clue that you had,why would you not watch the full movie before you went back out to continue the investigation!) the screenplay by Soto makes the flaws ones that are easy to overlook,due to Soto uncovering the past piece by piece which has led to Green (played by an excellent,worn down Jonathan LaPaglia) becoming a burnt to a crisp cop,who finds himself stuck on a Film Noir road to pain.Keeping away from showing Rachel and A.J. as 2 dumb teens on a killing spree,Soto digs deep into the events which have led to Rachel's desire for revenge,which leads to a wonderfully bleak final note,as everyone faces their day of reckoning.