In Love, Death, and Blueberry Pancakes, a mysterious assassin has been hunting down gang leaders. Becoming caught in the middle is Anne (Carla Westlund), a teenager romantically involved with criminal Chino (Jason Patfield). Or at least that's how she sees herself; she's a typical suburban high school girl who wants some sort of excitement. Of course, her father (North Roberts) in no way approves and to Chino she's nothing more than a booty call. And as the body count rises, we will see that Anne plays a much larger role in the assassin's scheme than we think.
This one is my favorite of the latest three. It has suspense, some humor (it was particularly amusing when Anne called Romeo and Juliet "irrelevant"), and superb, standout acting from Westlund. The opening credits give her an "and introducing" billing, and I hope that she'll find her way into more things in the future. I also liked Anthony Brawner in his brief role as gangster Big John; quite different from his other Dreadville part as a social worker and plays it accordingly.
However, this is one in which you really need to see the previous shorts to make sense of the ending, as an important component of it comes from the audience's familiarity with a character from an earlier story. What happens can be understood just fine, but to those who don't know the character it will seem random and out of place.
In conclusion, I was made hungry for not only the title food, but also more Welcome to Dreadville tales.
This one is my favorite of the latest three. It has suspense, some humor (it was particularly amusing when Anne called Romeo and Juliet "irrelevant"), and superb, standout acting from Westlund. The opening credits give her an "and introducing" billing, and I hope that she'll find her way into more things in the future. I also liked Anthony Brawner in his brief role as gangster Big John; quite different from his other Dreadville part as a social worker and plays it accordingly.
However, this is one in which you really need to see the previous shorts to make sense of the ending, as an important component of it comes from the audience's familiarity with a character from an earlier story. What happens can be understood just fine, but to those who don't know the character it will seem random and out of place.
In conclusion, I was made hungry for not only the title food, but also more Welcome to Dreadville tales.