Post by BloodyMonkeyZ on Jun 29, 2014 10:54:22 GMT -6
It is a seemingly simple premise that actually sounds a bit too simple. A truck driver delivering coffins breaks down overnight only to find that the coffins contain vampires that want to kill him and his hitchhiking buddies. When I read the description it sounded interesting, but I wondered how it could fill a feature length film.
Well 84 minutes later I had my answer. Quite well actually. Windham Beacham and David Alanson play a gay couple who are hithhiking across the country to “reconnect.” Seems crazy to me. I wouldn’t want to walk 3000 miles for any reason, much less to try and fix a relationship in jeopardy. The other player in this film is Brewster (Benjamin Lutz), a hapless trucker who has to take a job his brother failed to show up for. In an attempt to help himself stay awake, he picks up our romantically challenged duo. To further complicate matters, Brewster seems to be having a sexual crisis of his own.
The dialogue in this movie strays back and forth between mundane (which is what we experience daily) and hilarious (what we wish we had more of in our daily life.) There are some moments that were brilliant (bible page boxing gloves to duke it out with a vampire) and some that were less so (most of the hotel scene at the start.)
Mark Bessenger directed and wrote this, his first effort at filmmaking. Well, I imagine just his first released effort. He certainly managed to do a decent job here. There were a handful of technical issues I had with this, but hopefully those sort of things will be resolved as he continues to make movies. The truck was driving on the wrong side of the road half the time, and the road was practically a one lane road. Some of the locations they used seemed to be chosen because of an ability to shoot there cheaply as opposed to finding a perfect spot.
One thing I loved in this movie. . . The opening credits. The song was fun and visually it was perfect. They were animated credits that reminded me of some older movies like The Pink Panther and It’s A Mad Mad Mad World. A lot of thought and effort went into making the credits memorable, not just an afterthought.
Overall this movie gets 4.5 stars. Higher than I would normally go, but some of the parts that I enjoyed overwhelmed the parts I didn’t. This movie is not without it’s flaws.
For more info www.BlakkFlamingoPictures.com
Well 84 minutes later I had my answer. Quite well actually. Windham Beacham and David Alanson play a gay couple who are hithhiking across the country to “reconnect.” Seems crazy to me. I wouldn’t want to walk 3000 miles for any reason, much less to try and fix a relationship in jeopardy. The other player in this film is Brewster (Benjamin Lutz), a hapless trucker who has to take a job his brother failed to show up for. In an attempt to help himself stay awake, he picks up our romantically challenged duo. To further complicate matters, Brewster seems to be having a sexual crisis of his own.
The dialogue in this movie strays back and forth between mundane (which is what we experience daily) and hilarious (what we wish we had more of in our daily life.) There are some moments that were brilliant (bible page boxing gloves to duke it out with a vampire) and some that were less so (most of the hotel scene at the start.)
Mark Bessenger directed and wrote this, his first effort at filmmaking. Well, I imagine just his first released effort. He certainly managed to do a decent job here. There were a handful of technical issues I had with this, but hopefully those sort of things will be resolved as he continues to make movies. The truck was driving on the wrong side of the road half the time, and the road was practically a one lane road. Some of the locations they used seemed to be chosen because of an ability to shoot there cheaply as opposed to finding a perfect spot.
One thing I loved in this movie. . . The opening credits. The song was fun and visually it was perfect. They were animated credits that reminded me of some older movies like The Pink Panther and It’s A Mad Mad Mad World. A lot of thought and effort went into making the credits memorable, not just an afterthought.
Overall this movie gets 4.5 stars. Higher than I would normally go, but some of the parts that I enjoyed overwhelmed the parts I didn’t. This movie is not without it’s flaws.
For more info www.BlakkFlamingoPictures.com