Proceeds of Crime (2019) Poster

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dark fairy tale
Kirpianuscus12 September 2019
A female gang in Emo style. Stealing hair of young woman. On night, on motorcycles. The warning of an old man. And the punishment more cruel than any expectation. The well craft and splendid cinematography are the basic virtues of this more than interesting short film, reminding, for many motifs, the dark fairy tales.
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3/10
They can't keep getting away with it!
Kitahito13 April 2021
Warning: Spoilers
Business is booming in reptilian vampire stripper city: after the great keratin calamity, there is a high demand for roughly cut, tangled hair. We have our heroes, four goth chick cycling mostly in slow motion, sworn enemies of baldness (being semi bald themself, for the added twist!), are out and on the prowl. Preying for "donors", keeping the economy fresh. Getting rich in the process, since hair is the new gold. Life is good. Until one fateful night, our MC (Hogg) sees a woman, eating parrot eggs in front of a house. That changes everything. It's time to go to war, ladies! So for some unknown reason, they cycle back there, facing their arch-nemesis, the poledancer reptilean vampire gang. After a very spectacular (a.k.a. Nonexistant) fight scene, they lose, and Hogg unexpectedly turns into one of those identity crisis monsters, because you can bite someone's neck unnoticed in a presumably heated brawl.

Maybe I glossed over a random hobo with the deepest voice in the universe, but this summary is pretty accurate I think. Cinematography is good, and the cosplayer gang is interesting enough, but that's about it. I don't wanna be too harsh with this one, but the basic concept of this short is kinda nonsensical, and we waste a lot of time watching our girls riding a bike left to right, right to left, while they slicing pigtails. The conflict just happening without any reason, and falls flat when we realise there is no fight scene, only a lame cut and then the "ending". Unimaginative at its core , thoughtless and lazy work overall. But high praise for the all female gang: they look nice, act okay-ish, their clothes and accessories look authentic, so let's hope next time someone actually put them to good use.
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