I found this while scrolling through Prime and I'm glad I did. It has the feel of a 90's B grade thriller - and I mean that as a compliment.
For what I'm guessing was an extremely low budget movie it was able to accomplish a lot. These cheaply made movies can sometimes go pear shaped, just take 'The Open House' also from 2018, to see what I mean.
The Cinematography looked good, better than I was expecting for a movie like this. The acting is above average here. No one does a bad job. Olivia d'Abo (The Wonder Years) is of course the highlight and Mason Dye (Flowers in the Attic) was also impressive in a smaller role. The pacing was brisk and we got a rather exciting 3rd act with some nicely done action/fighting stunts and emotional beats to tie it all up.
Keep in mind, its not all great. Like the opening '10 years later' so we don't see any search for Matt, or Ian getting into a car accident and instead of taking him to the hospital he's put in his own bed at home. But I give those type of things a bit of a pass because its clear it was done for budgetary reasons.
The only other thing I will say is hire someone a little better for the scar & bruise make up. The red and bright purple wasnt working. Youtube fan films do it better and I'm sure they have even less money to work with. Just a suggestion.
So overall, I'd recommend giving it a watch.
For what I'm guessing was an extremely low budget movie it was able to accomplish a lot. These cheaply made movies can sometimes go pear shaped, just take 'The Open House' also from 2018, to see what I mean.
The Cinematography looked good, better than I was expecting for a movie like this. The acting is above average here. No one does a bad job. Olivia d'Abo (The Wonder Years) is of course the highlight and Mason Dye (Flowers in the Attic) was also impressive in a smaller role. The pacing was brisk and we got a rather exciting 3rd act with some nicely done action/fighting stunts and emotional beats to tie it all up.
Keep in mind, its not all great. Like the opening '10 years later' so we don't see any search for Matt, or Ian getting into a car accident and instead of taking him to the hospital he's put in his own bed at home. But I give those type of things a bit of a pass because its clear it was done for budgetary reasons.
The only other thing I will say is hire someone a little better for the scar & bruise make up. The red and bright purple wasnt working. Youtube fan films do it better and I'm sure they have even less money to work with. Just a suggestion.
So overall, I'd recommend giving it a watch.