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1.0 out of 5 stars
I must have seen a different film than everyone else ..., May 25, 2007
Yikes! From reading the other reviews, it sounds like this film was made by a young Orson Welles. Although the cinematography is very good (the city of Detroit rarely looks this superbly gritty and dark), the "story" in this film is so poorly written, and, at times cliched. I guess the director was going for a "Crash"-like film with intertwining story lines of drama and redemption, but the stories fail miserably. It seems he tried to do way too much on way too small a budget and way-way too thin of a story.
While the drug use, killings, racial politics, and prostitution are not glamorized, it is nevertheless used, exploitively at times (how many drug/crime films have shown drugs being prepared and then injected in extreme closeup).
The most laughable scene in the film is prior to the rape scene as the male predator chases the female prey around the convertable car. When he is unable to catch up to her in her high heels (apparently he is no track star) he decides to crouch down so she can't see him and sneak up on her. Of course, she realizes this and, instead of running away or into the building where her friend just ran for help, she peeks under the car to spot his location. Meanwhile, as she is on all fours, he sneaks up and attacks. This scene just looked silly.
Some of the acting showed promise. A moment here or there in this film. And, after listening to the director's commentary, the director seems to have some things to say about race relations, drug use, and the city of Detroit (all worthy subjects). Perhaps a more simple story that followed one of the story lines - and did that well - as opposed to the collection of stories that ultimately don't work.
My guess is the positive reviews for this film are from the actors, friends, or members of the film class that made this soon-to-be-forgotten thing.
I was really pulling for this movie because it is about my home town of Detroit. Too bad - there are good films to make about Detroit, this is not one of them.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
corrupted minds, May 27, 2009
This film definitely falls under the indie title. There was an array of corruption about people who hang out in the wee hours in the big city. whose judgement is tested in the mean streets of Detroit. It was nice to see the scenes around Detroit, we never get to see Detroit in films. They like to make mention of Detroit on a pretense that it is filmed here, so this was good to see.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
WOW!, January 16, 2007
I ended up viewing this film because I knew it was shot locally.
What a surprise! Great quality and story all around. I could'nt
wait to see what happend next. Brilliant images and excitement.
I cannot wait to see what this Brian Lawrence has up his sleeve next.
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