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A Case of Deceit (2011)
small budget movie
small budget movie with a lot of actors with a lot of potential at anything other than acting.insert smiley face. Nice background score, they try to maintain the drama with that, but fail miserably. You can say all of them are acting very well, including the "strippers". But that is the underlying problem, they are all acting a part and it shows. I guess you have to be a student of acting to fully appreciate the camera angles, lighting techniques etc. etc. but where it falls flat is the basic inability of the director or maybe the editor to keep the excitement level going. I guess i need to be kinder and say it is okay for a first effort on the part of everyone involved, but if you were to tell me that these are people who have done this before. I would expect a lot more. All in all very unsatisfying.
Deadly Sanctuary (2015)
one hour forty four minutes
I've seen home movies of friends of their vacations which were more interesting, no not really. But you couldn't do much worse. If you are a fan of Eric Roberts you could labour through to catch a few glimpses of him, but for the other 99% of humanity give this a wide berth. The lesser known actors try hard but it shows. I feel it is the fault of the director and editor, because the material is very much there, I have not read the book, but would imagine it is not at the mediocre level of this film. The locales and other background is spectacular and could have been used to greater effect. And seriously who stops in the middle of the desert on a deserted road to make a cellular call to daddy to berate him. In high heels driving a Jeep Wrangler no less