Experienced director Brian A. Miller seemed more like an amateur in this film. Corny shots (inc. slow-mos), bad action scenes, and he failed in directing his cast.
What baffles me is that of the two amateur writers Kelvin Mao and Jeff Jingle, not one of them picked up on the overboard cliches and major plot and technical issues. The "cleaner" character as a skinny girl with the not-cool sunglasses was just lame as can be. At least give her a couple of capable henchmen for realism. A single 5th grader could've written a better script. I get filmmakers have to start somewhere, but at least consult a seasoned screenwriter on your first writing credit.
The pacing was actually decent, which made the 89 min length bearable. The score for this type of low budget indie film was actually decent. The cinematography was also nothing to write home about.
Casting wasn't bad overall, as most of the leads were convincing and performed well - and yes, Willis was his lame has-been self as usual, but Michael Chiklis's performance was excellent, and the majority of my 6/10 stars.
This film is not bad as a low budget B-grade indie film, and undeserving of any 1's and 2's and the current 3.5 rating, especially since the producers were respectful enough to not have any fake 10/10 reviews. I respect that, and thus rated this film honestly.
What baffles me is that of the two amateur writers Kelvin Mao and Jeff Jingle, not one of them picked up on the overboard cliches and major plot and technical issues. The "cleaner" character as a skinny girl with the not-cool sunglasses was just lame as can be. At least give her a couple of capable henchmen for realism. A single 5th grader could've written a better script. I get filmmakers have to start somewhere, but at least consult a seasoned screenwriter on your first writing credit.
The pacing was actually decent, which made the 89 min length bearable. The score for this type of low budget indie film was actually decent. The cinematography was also nothing to write home about.
Casting wasn't bad overall, as most of the leads were convincing and performed well - and yes, Willis was his lame has-been self as usual, but Michael Chiklis's performance was excellent, and the majority of my 6/10 stars.
This film is not bad as a low budget B-grade indie film, and undeserving of any 1's and 2's and the current 3.5 rating, especially since the producers were respectful enough to not have any fake 10/10 reviews. I respect that, and thus rated this film honestly.