Review of Crave

Crave (I) (2012)
6/10
Could have been Really Dark ... and Good.
18 December 2013
Aiden (Josh Lawson) is a loser and a photographer working in Detroit. He likes to take pictures of crime scenes. He's fallen for young girl next door Virginia (Emma Lung). Often he imagines heroic fantasies to deal with the decaying city life and his personal failings. Ron Perlman plays his confidant police detective Pete. And it's real nice to see Edward Furlong as Virginia's druggie boyfriend.

This could have been a great dark little film. It needs a better and edgier actor in the lead. Josh Lawson is a little too average. The style is competent but without the extreme tension that this movie deserves. His constant internal monologue probably has something to do with that. It breaks up any tension that the movie builds up. I wonder if Edward Furlong would make a better lead. I think he has more intensity, and he could play creepy better.
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