This film attempts to create several intriguing characters, and it’s obvious that a lot of effort was put into the humor, character, and pacing of this film.

It fails on all levels. The characters are archetypes, the plot is stereotypical, the catharsis isn’t that cathartic, and the humor isn’t funny.

This is one of those movies that tries to pad little story with a lot of convoluted stuff. This is essentially ten scenes that becomes twenty due to effects and odd visuals.

The ultimate resolution, that he’s trying to avoid getting shot, fails, because he’s shot, number one, and because none of the clues lead or indicate towards that. It also doesn’t spring from the character dilemma, it’s arbitrary, so it’s bad writing. A good plot and character drama always has the story spring from the elements that precede it, which should be obvious, but I find that a lot of films, indie or otherwise, miss that.

I find that most of these indie movies I’m reviewing lack a lot of rudimentary understanding of what makes a plot tick, so they try and make up for it by being avant guard. That doesn’t really work.

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