This was the most nonsense screenplay I've ever seen. Sure this is newb Aaron Sizemore's first writing and producing credit, but didn't anyone who invested money in this film bother reading the ridiculous script and the dumbest dialogue ever written before they wrote a cheque and green lit production?
It started off ok, thanks to good cinematography and decent directing from the experienced Lance Kawas, but didn't even Kawas shake his head at the nonsense as it was being filmed? The flashlight and its holder, Peter Donahue, were very dim bulbs. His acting wasn't the greatest, but everytime he turned that flashlight on, I cringed at him and the writer, for entering such a useless prop into the story. Once the plot-hole-riddled screenplay and horrible dialogue started, I still gave this overly predictable story a chance - only when I kept hearing Shakespearean quotes, expecting perhaps there was some Shakespearean reward with some meaning to all the nonsense in the final act. Nope. All the Shakespeare dialogue was just an out-of-place attempt at intelect for the dumb characters. It felt more like I sat through the last-place play from a 5th grade drama class production.
Aside from the horrible writing and dialogue, the conceptual idea of the story was inviting, but simply executed in the worst possible way. The normally comfortable 96 min runtime felt never-ending. The casting and acting overall was poor, with only "Honest Abe" and "Felix The Fence" being entertaining, and Robert Laenen and Melanie Mahanna being the closest to decent acting and convincing characters.
The score was actually fitting and decent for a B-film. Had it been your typical B-film annoying, loud and unfitting score, this film would've been unwatchable. The trailer and the score combined will make you think this is a primo production; that's the best you will see, and what fooled me into giving this film a chance. I mean even the title makes zero sense. It's a very generous 3/10 from me, all going to the score and fairly decent directing.
