One and the Same

Heard about this film on the local news, decided to check it out. I'm a big fan of indie films and I have to be honest, this movie was not what I expected. The budget was only $350k, it was shot in Baja, here's the kicker, they shot the whole film in 18 days! I was expecting bare bone production, I was wrong.

This film is grand, multiple locations, large cast, stunts, some CGI and it all looks clean. The story is solid, some very seasoned actors and great cinematography. Great production value, professional editorial, original score and clean sound.

I've seen multimillion dollar Hollywood production that were trash, kudos to the team on this film, it's seriously impressive what you've done with such a small budget.

The outline of the story is great. However, they add too much filler in the beginning, as they try to explain the climax. 50% of the first 3/4 of the story could be taken out, and that time used in the end, and this could have gotten more stars. If you're okay with a slow movie that has a good ending, then you may enjoy this.

I gave it a 5 but easily could have been a 3. Plot is just too convoluted and pace too slow. I don't see how anyone rated this highly. Acting was fine minus the main character young black dude. He was totally wooden to me. But just boring and bouncing all over the place. Had potential tho.

M. Night Shyamalan-esque movie with original script and great acting! Look forward to Felipe Cisneros' future projects.

I found the anachronisms quite amusing. Given that, I think that the cinematography was a bit lacking.

I liked the story and the premise, akin to 'Brainstorm' but they missed one central thing...the scanning...what was it for?

Of course, the story was great, but the execution, that was middling. If they would have used the scans just a bit more, they would have gotten a '9' but I'll have to stick to a '7' for good effort.

-J-