I don't normally write reviews of movies but as this one was so abysmal I felt compelled to, more as a health warning than as a critique.
It was pathetic.
The movie states that it is based on a true story but whose story we are not sure. It doesn't appear to be that of SSG Alex N. Bahmandeji to whom the movie is dedicated.
It tells the mournful tale of Jeffrey Hansen who, having left the army, lost his brother, then his job, then his wife and also owes 30 grand to a loan shark so therefore decides to top himself.
To say the acting is wooden is really an insult to lumber yards. Most of the time it appears the actors, or rather participants, are reading their lines off each other's foreheads.
The whole movie appears to have been filmed on somebody's cellphone and the sound quality is woeful with wide fluctuations in volume and the quality becoming painfully scratchy in parts.
Anyhow, we watch as poor old Jeff slowly sinks into the abyss of despair having decided to end it all with the aid of a disposable razor.
Then the loan shark rocks up and roughs up poor Jeff before shooting him in the leg. Then he goes but leaves his gun so that Jeff can finish the job (not sure how this helps the loan shark recover his debt) but then Jeff's old buddy turns up and also tries to shoot him. No idea why!
Then Jeff's ex-wife, who he hasn't seen for ten years, comes in and it turns out she's now with Jeff's best friend. Are you with me so far?
She admonishes Jeff's best friend for not shooting Jeff and then proceeds to shoot poor Jeff in the head herself. She then goes cross-eyed and staggers backwards out of the door. Roll credits.
The whole 70+ minutes is basically a jumbled, disjointed, badly acted, poorly filmed load of rubbish.
It has the feel of a cheap porn movie without the sex scenes.
It is so bad it will probably become a cult classic as time goes on.
The only item in the film that played its role convincingly was the red Dell laptop which kept appearing in various scenes.
The title was appropriate as you'll be begging for mercy as its grinds its way to a conclusion.
It was pathetic.
The movie states that it is based on a true story but whose story we are not sure. It doesn't appear to be that of SSG Alex N. Bahmandeji to whom the movie is dedicated.
It tells the mournful tale of Jeffrey Hansen who, having left the army, lost his brother, then his job, then his wife and also owes 30 grand to a loan shark so therefore decides to top himself.
To say the acting is wooden is really an insult to lumber yards. Most of the time it appears the actors, or rather participants, are reading their lines off each other's foreheads.
The whole movie appears to have been filmed on somebody's cellphone and the sound quality is woeful with wide fluctuations in volume and the quality becoming painfully scratchy in parts.
Anyhow, we watch as poor old Jeff slowly sinks into the abyss of despair having decided to end it all with the aid of a disposable razor.
Then the loan shark rocks up and roughs up poor Jeff before shooting him in the leg. Then he goes but leaves his gun so that Jeff can finish the job (not sure how this helps the loan shark recover his debt) but then Jeff's old buddy turns up and also tries to shoot him. No idea why!
Then Jeff's ex-wife, who he hasn't seen for ten years, comes in and it turns out she's now with Jeff's best friend. Are you with me so far?
She admonishes Jeff's best friend for not shooting Jeff and then proceeds to shoot poor Jeff in the head herself. She then goes cross-eyed and staggers backwards out of the door. Roll credits.
The whole 70+ minutes is basically a jumbled, disjointed, badly acted, poorly filmed load of rubbish.
It has the feel of a cheap porn movie without the sex scenes.
It is so bad it will probably become a cult classic as time goes on.
The only item in the film that played its role convincingly was the red Dell laptop which kept appearing in various scenes.
The title was appropriate as you'll be begging for mercy as its grinds its way to a conclusion.