{"id":18688,"date":"2016-01-21T23:04:30","date_gmt":"2016-01-22T04:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=18688"},"modified":"2016-01-21T23:04:30","modified_gmt":"2016-01-22T04:04:30","slug":"the-runaround-club-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/21\/the-runaround-club-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"The Runaround Club (2015)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/runaroundclub.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18689\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/runaroundclub.png\" alt=\"runaroundclub\" width=\"650\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/runaroundclub.png 650w, https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/runaroundclub-300x151.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/runaroundclub-218x109.png 218w, https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/runaroundclub-538x271.png 538w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Matt Rindini\u2019s short drama suffers mainly because of its short format. And I mean that as a compliment because I really like the concept for \u201cThe Runaround Club,\u201d but feel it\u2019s a good short film that could transform in to a great dramatic thriller. It could work as a film about a crisis of conscience with two criminals, both of whom see a family committed to a more dead end life than their own. It could almost be like \u201cThe Desperate Hours\u201d meets \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/29\/the-ref-1994\/\">The Ref<\/a>\u201d sans the comedy.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>On its own, \u201cThe Runaround Club\u201d is a fine short thriller with a lot more time needed to extrapolate on conflict and inner turmoil. When we first meet Lucas and Sam, they\u2019re driving in a car with a wounded man named Jack who wonders if they know his daughters at all. We then go backwards in to the narrative, to meet the pair of criminals again, both of whom break in to a house to steal possessions from the owners. Little do they know the house they\u2019re in is owned by an older man who is possessive and very violent with his two daughters. With Sam now in the clutches of the intimidating and violent dad, and Lucas hiding in the basement, the pair have to decide if they want to cut and run, or help out the two grown women hopelessly victim to their dad\u2019s volatile personality.<\/p>\n<p>As I mentioned, this is a feature length narrative squeezed in to a fifteen minute short film, and I\u2019d love to see this re-visited someday. It could translate in to an uneasy and compelling film about broken families, psychological prisoners, and overbearing fathers. On its own though, \u201cThe Runaround Club\u201d is a solid short film with tight direction from Rindini and great performances all around. In particular John Depew is very good as the violent Jack, whose hold on his family is mysterious, but very tough to defeat. Rindini knows how to create a very claustrophobic and seemingly bleak drama and I like the implications in the final scene. \u201cThe Runaround Club\u201d is a tight and entertaining short film with Rindini and writer Andrew Gleeson really invoking a premise that deserves an audience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matt Rindini\u2019s short drama suffers mainly because of its short format. And I mean that as a compliment because I really like the concept for \u201cThe Runaround Club,\u201d but feel it\u2019s a good short film that could transform in to a great dramatic thriller. It could work as a film about a crisis of conscience [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[240,302,501,813,938,1087],"class_list":["post-18688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-movie-reviews","tag-crime","tag-drama","tag-indie-film","tag-r","tag-short-film","tag-thriller"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18688"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18690,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18688\/revisions\/18690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}