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A Secret Handshake

  • Video
  • 2007
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 34m
IMDb RATING
3.6/10
315
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Harsh Warrdhan in A Secret Handshake (2007)
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Jacob is an ordinary man living an ordinary life with his beautiful wife, until the day he wakes up in an eerie hotel room to find himself being brutally tortured by a mysterious woman. He s... Read allJacob is an ordinary man living an ordinary life with his beautiful wife, until the day he wakes up in an eerie hotel room to find himself being brutally tortured by a mysterious woman. He succumbs to the unbearable pain and loses consciousness; only to awake safely back in his o... Read allJacob is an ordinary man living an ordinary life with his beautiful wife, until the day he wakes up in an eerie hotel room to find himself being brutally tortured by a mysterious woman. He succumbs to the unbearable pain and loses consciousness; only to awake safely back in his own home the next morning to discover that he has been missing for days. At first, Jacob be... Read all

  • Director
    • Harsh Warrdhan
  • Writers
    • Sukhi Pabla
    • Christopher Hazelett
    • Harsh Warrdhan
  • Stars
    • Danielle Bitton
    • Subash Chand
    • Devon Marcel Clark III
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  • IMDb RATING
    3.6/10
    315
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Harsh Warrdhan
    • Writers
      • Sukhi Pabla
      • Christopher Hazelett
      • Harsh Warrdhan
    • Stars
      • Danielle Bitton
      • Subash Chand
      • Devon Marcel Clark III
    • 15User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Danielle Bitton
    • Jacob's Lawyer…
    Subash Chand
    • Dr. Suri
    Devon Marcel Clark III
    • Young Jacob
    Kennedy Danko
    • Young Carmen
    Philip Hersh
    Philip Hersh
    • Jacob's Boss
    Paul Howard
    Paul Howard
    • Long John
    Tammy Klein
    Tammy Klein
    • Carmen's Mother
    Jessica Landon
    Jessica Landon
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    Carrie Lazar
    Carrie Lazar
    • Victoria
    Benjamin Mani
    • The Bell Boy
    Carl McDowell
    Carl McDowell
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    Robert Olding
    Robert Olding
    • Jacob
    Tony Piantedosi
    • Prison Guard
    Amy Ripley
    • Tiffany
    Pandora Sanguine
    • Lucy
    Dan Swett
    Dan Swett
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    • Director
      • Harsh Warrdhan
    • Writers
      • Sukhi Pabla
      • Christopher Hazelett
      • Harsh Warrdhan
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    5Hattawi

    Watch it if you want to see a scary moment.

    I did not understand this movie at all. While I was watching, I was trying to explain what is happening. I reached a point while watching that I thought there is just no explanation at all. Is it voodoo magic? then played by who and why. Split personality, drugs etc..

    I said to myself if this movie is the type of movie that can show you anything and at the end, it leaves you with no explanations and so open ended, then this is a bad movie and is a complete waste of time to watch.

    It has a single scary moment that made my hair stand, which gives the movie some credit, otherwise, avoid this movie if you like logical movies that make sense.
    2myloveincruz

    Irony is your black turtleneck.

    This movie feels like it was a senior art school project conceived and executed on too much acid. If it had been 15 minutes long I might have appreciated it as amusing but thankfully it went on long enough to exhibit every possible limitation of writing, acting and directing ability that this team could share. With a bit more effort at emotion on the "actors" parts, that is if they weren't just friends of the director, it could have claimed to be camp. I guess I watched the whole thing, while asking myself why many times, because I couldn't give up hope that there was some point to my torture only to be rewarded with an ending just a couple steps up from it was just a dream, on the triteometer. And what's up with both the director and writer having the same first name: Harsha? Is that Hindi for, 'Don't make a movie with a someone who's also named Harsha'?
    1RenderMeRandom

    Wow..wow.

    This movie was t e r r i b l e! The acting was...*shudder*. And that's a shudder in a bad way FYI. The receptionist at Jacob's workplace was probably the best act in the entire film. Jacob's relationship with his hot, young wife is far from believable, and the "scary, suspenseful" scenes made me laugh out loud. The love scenes looked like something from a softcore porn channel (oh yes, I know)

    Better acting can be found in the Incident in Lake County.

    If I could bash this movie any more, I would. I just lack the vocabulary, grammar, and time

    *shakes head*
    1salem_mafia

    not a good movie where it is showing you should run the other way

    i watched a little bit of this bad movie. it seems like someone with no skill made it in there basement with a small camera worth 25 cents.

    this movie sucks renting it for a weekend watching is like giving your weekend away. it has a bad plot a bad beginning and bad actors every one in it seems as though there just trying to get into the industry. truly if the people in this movie ever make it any where. when gossip shows look back at there career this will be a sad point in it. i wouldn't even want my name on this movie im sorry for those whos name is on it.

    <3salem<3
    5lumocolor

    Amateur Hour

    This a strange little film. Every aspect screams "amateur" - the acting quality is a tiny notch above porn, the script trips into cliché at the worst moments, the direction is clumsy, the lighting (when they use any) veers between daylight or an 80s soft-rock ballad video. However, the story is great. I didn't see what was coming (truth be told it would be hard to predict) but there were clues planted along the way when you look back on it.

    Whether this all makes sense is another matter, but maybe that's the point. I enjoyed watching it - it was wanting to know what happened at the end that kept me going, even though all through it I kept thinking "This is so bad..." The last 60 seconds of the film, however, should have been cut, as they ultimately spoil it.

    Give this story to some new writers, director and cast, and it could have been a hit.

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      'A Secret Handshake' screenplay was first written by producers Sukhi Pabla and Christopher Hazelett and was titled 'An Autumn In Paradise'. After years of trying to find funding and to lock in a big name for the lead roles, they had no luck. So they got together and had writer/director Harsha Gijre rewrite the screenplay to fit a smaller budget of less than half a million dollars. And was born 'A Secret Handshake'.

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    • Release date
      • May 1, 2007 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
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    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • P2 Films
      • Pabla-Hazelett Productions
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      • $30,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 34 minutes
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