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Director: Edward S. Barkin
Writer: Edward S. Barkin
Producers: Jay Cannold
Actors:
Steve Parlavecchio Lisa Lawrence David Heymann |
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The actors were all okay, best in the bunch being the lead guy’s best friend Ted, who could possibly go on to bigger and better things, as well as the lead himself, Steve Parlavecchio, who’s decent (and looks and sounds like a mix of Paul Walker and Ray Liotta), while everyone else is pretty standard and uncharismatic. I also didn’t entirely “buy” the love story between Parlavecchio and his girlfriend, which is pretty important considering that the whole premise of the movie is based on you believing his love. The dialogue also wasn’t very strong and it certainly didn’t help that the film just kept focusing on one particular bedroom and the dude’s office for the first half hour or so (it was almost as if no one else existed in their world). Another thing which bothered me, but could also be attributed to the mini-budget, is how they would just skip over big events like the actual wedding or court or jail. They would just talk about it afterwards, which obviously isn’t as effective (I wasn’t even sure if they were married at some point, until he called his girlfriend his “wife”) Stuff that “sorta” worked in the movie? Well, I liked some of revenge scenes (but for anyone who digs on shit like that…check out THE WAR OF THE ROSES for the ultimate payback flick!), got a kick out of this one Italian mobster character and the directing was decent, particularly one shot of a dude with a gun against his head. In the end, I think this movie might’ve worked better as a black comedy, but it was nice to see that the writer/director worked out some of his own ex-girlfriend and anger management issues through this. At least…I hope that’s what he did.
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