The movie is "We Go On"(2016) Directed by Jesse Holland and Andy Mitton. Jesse Holland wrote the story and Mitton the Screenplay. Spoiler Alert, I will be talking plot details, I liked it, If you can see it, do so and then read my review.
Strong acting is the trump card here. but there are many high cards in this deck. Clark Freeman plays Miles, a young man who has given over his life to seek proof of "after death" experiences. His Mother played by Annette O"Toole. is overly protective, while her son is such a wreck, suffering from panic attacks he is not even able to drive. They live in LA.
The opening comes across as a Paranormal Search, with the son putting up a large amount of cash to anyone who could show him a true supernatural experience. In Ernest they seek out leads. The Mother plays Myth buster to a slew of convincing but fraudulent response's to Miles' offer. One however, Josephine played by Giovanna Zacarias, might have merit, The director as if in homage to the classic Hollywood conventions of every Polterguiest styled ghost movies, There is always a special medium who is the one, in a hokey garb, who sees the whole picture. Giovanna turns the cliché on its ear, You don't even think about it, watching her perform. Another outstanding performance is by Jay Dunn playing Nelson, a drug addled civil service worker who works by the Airport. Nelson is responsible for the pivotal twist in the movies plot. The theme goes from the Searchers, to the possessed.
I. like the look of this film, shot on location around Los Angeles, without ever hitting anything more than a freeway shot of the city in the distance. None the less it is grounded in location. There was a grit to the story that came off as real, It had the feel of Jacobs Ladder (1990) I like the editing, the build up to the real shocking moments creep up without fanfare, and snap like a mousetrap, The move does not pander to ghost story conventions. The film takes on a "Sixth Sense" feel for its final act. The Director slyly paid homage to the gory "Hellraiser"(1987)as well, with a clever bit of "ghost hunters" exposition. Here, the "surprises" are truly surprising. Good Cinematography, Music and sound and lighting. Four "Keeper's" Stars out of Five.
Strong acting is the trump card here. but there are many high cards in this deck. Clark Freeman plays Miles, a young man who has given over his life to seek proof of "after death" experiences. His Mother played by Annette O"Toole. is overly protective, while her son is such a wreck, suffering from panic attacks he is not even able to drive. They live in LA.
The opening comes across as a Paranormal Search, with the son putting up a large amount of cash to anyone who could show him a true supernatural experience. In Ernest they seek out leads. The Mother plays Myth buster to a slew of convincing but fraudulent response's to Miles' offer. One however, Josephine played by Giovanna Zacarias, might have merit, The director as if in homage to the classic Hollywood conventions of every Polterguiest styled ghost movies, There is always a special medium who is the one, in a hokey garb, who sees the whole picture. Giovanna turns the cliché on its ear, You don't even think about it, watching her perform. Another outstanding performance is by Jay Dunn playing Nelson, a drug addled civil service worker who works by the Airport. Nelson is responsible for the pivotal twist in the movies plot. The theme goes from the Searchers, to the possessed.
I. like the look of this film, shot on location around Los Angeles, without ever hitting anything more than a freeway shot of the city in the distance. None the less it is grounded in location. There was a grit to the story that came off as real, It had the feel of Jacobs Ladder (1990) I like the editing, the build up to the real shocking moments creep up without fanfare, and snap like a mousetrap, The move does not pander to ghost story conventions. The film takes on a "Sixth Sense" feel for its final act. The Director slyly paid homage to the gory "Hellraiser"(1987)as well, with a clever bit of "ghost hunters" exposition. Here, the "surprises" are truly surprising. Good Cinematography, Music and sound and lighting. Four "Keeper's" Stars out of Five.