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Smoking Guns (2016)
SURPRISINGLY GENIUS HOLY SH*# FILM! A Punters Prayer.
A beautifully complete indie film had its world premier at the Beverly Hills Film Festival. If Lockstock, Pulp Fiction and Hot Fuzz had a baby it would be, A Punters Prayer. To make a film in this genre is a bold and dangerous undertaking, and yet, somehow the film maintains its own unique identity and comes off as completely original. When the film finished the audience of filmmakers and LA industry elite straight-up gasped in unison. Not a shock and awe gasp, more resembling the sound you make after incredible sex. The ensemble cast delivered the subtly complex characters we come to expect from an outside-of-the-box British street story, while maintaining a fresh and exciting story unknown to the masses. Performances were grounded even in the outrageous. Instantly repeatable (thought taboo) lines of dialogue effortlessly twist the story along. The director allowed the rare simplicity of a moment to capture an audience with layers of intriguing subtext. I don't usually review a film, but this one is a gem. -Erin Dinsmore, Screenwriter, Beverly Hills Film Festival 2016.