Jimmy Zip

I think I made it about fifteen minutes into this movie. The moment that shut me down was the extremely lame, evil drug dealer. Did the writer ever travel to any places with drug dealers or street people? The only reason I rented it was because, somehow, a trailer for the short film starring Justin Whalin was on another video I had seen. I was extremely confused as to why they didn't credit Whalin on the box and picked it up. Don't bother with this.

I agree that the positive comments on this site are probably from people involved in producing this crap.

Go rent "Brick" or "The Chumscrubber".

Brendan Fletcher shines in this movie. I was immediately drawn into his story and was rooting for him throughout the whole film. Definitely worth seeing.

This is a bad movie. I think that the good reviews on IMDB have come from those involved in the making of the movie. The acting is the worst part of the film as everyone's efforts seem amateur. Rent "Fresh" to see a much better movie about a teen caught up in a criminal lifestyle. Very poor effort.

This film explores the troubled life of a young man with no hope and no future. His home life is one of abuse which drives him out to the streets. With no clue about what will happen next, he is led along a path ladened with interesting characters, violence, possible love, and job security in a shady industry.

The acting was actually pretty good overall, the visual effects done perfectly, the environment believable. I really didn't think of this as an independent movie while watching, instead I got lost in the story which moves along at a well calculated pace.

The only detractor is some points of the film are a little hokey, but hey, most Hollywood films blow this terrific film out of the water with hokeyness.

Jimmy Zip just won "Best Feature shot for under 1 million dollars" at the Hollywood Film Festival and was viewed there. This film, as of August 1999, is not in general or video release. But, heads up, studio executives, this could be the sleeper hit of 1999/2000. Language is a bit rough but characters are strong and commanding. Well acted. Story involves a 16 year old pyromaniac who teams with a sculturer to confront the heavies- drug dealers with no scruples (is there any other kind?) . Hats off to writer/director Robert McGinley - strong talent. I also thought the editing was very good, something one never notices until you reflect on it a day or two later. I went back to my credit book and looked it up. The editor is named Howard Flaer. I hope some studio gets their act together and releases this. Good stuff.