One is a good first effort by a novice director. Good acting, excellent special effects and cameos by Cleveland news celebrities make this a relatively painless way to spend a couple hours. The weak points were the script and editing which made the story confusing in some parts and overly simplistic in others. Tomeric shows that he has the technical skill to make a reasonable science fiction movie- it will be interesting to see what he can do with a decent script in a more challenging genre like comedy or drama.
16 Reviews
Hideous
kinsell-rogers1 November 2007
I have seen some bad movies in my day, but this is the worst by far. I could find nothing in it to keep me watching it. No suspense, likable characters, engaging plot, nothing. The music is annoying and too loud. I understand this was a low-budget film (less than $20,000), but why bother? I tried to watch this movie with my wife and we had to keep pausing the thing in an attempt to figure out whether a particular scene was a flashback, a dream, or what. Even the premise of the film was confusing. Why worry about serotonin levels when you are making a clone? Transplant a soul?, consciousness? Is all that necessary when making clone?
Speak Up Sonny!
daverpdx10 August 2006
Perhaps I could get over the generally poor quality of this movie's production standards if it hadn't been for the sound. But the Casio soundtrack is almost the only thing the audience can hear. It drowns out the dialog to the point that there is no chance of actually watching the entire DVD. Naturally there is no captioning either. Even if the sound had been edited properly the fact remains that this would be a D minus movie at best. It has the overall feel of a rejected Sci-Fi Channel Original. The pathetic computer generated graphics put the special in special effects. And I mean special in the Special Olympics sense of the word. They truly resemble the graphics from the original Play Station, yet we are intended to believe that they are footage of the transportation of the future. Again, poor effects can be forgiven, but the thin plot and sad attempt at social commentary cannot. If you can actually sit through the whole thing, you should have yourself checked. You may be a clone genetically engineered to survive the most heinous of tortures, really bad movies. Not even Joel, Crow and Tom Servo could make this one watchable.
I always fall for the same thing
thebigrodney9 August 2006
I keep falling for the same crap.... Renting a movie that looks well-done on a tight budget by a first time director or someone new to the scene. When I saw Primer a couple of years ago, I said, "Now that's how to get attention. Awesome flick!" I keep looking for the next sleeper hit and I keep reading the reviews given by extras on the set or others involved with the movie saying it was the greatest movie ever made, blah, blah, blah. I am an idiot! I am going to wait longer to for the REAL reviews to come out (much like this one). The only small, tiny, bit of goodness to this film...you can hit the stop button on your remote any time you want; the one with the filled in square on it.
Worth it.
allenvanent5 July 2006
I saw this film at SXSW and I have to say the guy below doesn't know what he's talking about. This film is technically very tight and any poor sound or visual qualities it was the theater and not the movie it self. But the film it self goes, If anyone wanted to know just what kind of movie is possible to make when you live in a small town, have no experience and no money, this film will teach you just that. It's all about the passion and I think everyone who's seen it will agree with me. It's not the best film ever made but even its flaws are worth noting. The production values look huge but as I've found out later it was made for very little money and after researching the director found it took him 6 years to complete the project. This film has great visuals and characters, the over all story does get a little lost but other wise this is a very well made film and surely worth the time pop corn to watch.
Better than you'd think
pv71989-220 May 2007
For a first-time effort from just about everybody involved in this movie, "Cl.One" is a pretty good film (and, no, I'm not a cast member or family member of director Jason J. Tomaric). I like science fiction and I've seen my share of good and bad low-budget films. This one was made for under $25000, an achievement that puts it right into the sphere of such other gems as "El Mariachi," "Halloween" and "I Was A Teenage Werewolf."
The plot deals with a post-Apocalyptic society that seems to have recovered somewhat from a massive nuclear war. Unfortunately, every attempt at procreation ends in failure because fallout has caused infertility. So, the post-war government (an infamous "one world order") has created clones that are free of mutations and defects. Unfortunately, the clones need a consciousness and a soul, preferably from someone with good genes.
But, the down side is that a formed mind can't be put into a clone because you can't download a conscious mind into a clone (it took, say, 18 years to form the mind and downloading it in a matter of minutes would destroy the clone mind). Trying to erase memories with drugs or electronically would cause brain damage, thus candidates to activate the clones must be manipulated mentally to the verge of wanting to die.
The gist of the story centers around Derek Strombourg, the heavy-handed chancellor of New Athens, who desperately wants to find "the one" -- the person whose genes will finally activate the clones. He's not your usual bad guy in that he does have a soul and a conscience; he's just one of those guys who believes so much in his goal that he convinces himself that the end justifies the means. The target of his means is a young student named Orin Stalward who fits the profile to a tee and who Strombourg must destroy mentally (and subtly) while keeping his Utopian society in one piece.
Mayhaps that's the biggest flaw in "Cl.One." Science fiction tends to need a heavy, a bad guy who is recognizable, someone the audience can hate -- a Darth Vader, a Sauron. In the absence of that, the audience needs well thought out characters to believe, but Tomaric can't deliver that. In order to make his film, he had to use many first-time actors. The biggest name on the marquee is Charles Eduardos ("American Splendor"). The actors, including Jeff St. Clair as Strombourg, Bill Caco as Stalward, Gary Skiba as Joshua Adams and Valerie Renee Law as Mira, hold their own admirably, but can't flesh out their characters enough.
Despite what the other reviewers have said, this film is a visual splendor, a stunning achievement with a low budget. The CGI is admirable, save maybe for a train crash near the end. The sets are remarkable, considering they consist of places found in and around Cleveland, Ohio, including a city hall, a NASA facility, a museum and a brewery (sort of reminds me of "Quatermass 2" where a Shell Oil refinery substituted nicely for an alien base). The sound was nice and I had no problem hearing the dialog. And the ending was a trip; it definitely caught me off-guard, but in a good way, not a sappy, contrived "Matrix Revolutions" kind of way.
The only sfx thing I had a hard time buying was the built-up status of New Athens. The film is set four years after a nuclear war, yet New Athens looks like a futuristic city built up over decades. And I can't imagine enough technology existing to come up with flying cars and futuristic trains.
Admittedly, the film's low budget and Tomaric's novice status hurt the film's potential. A "making of..." vignette on the DVD explains that Tomaric was forced to rewrite, re-film and re-edit the movie many times over the course of seven (!) years. A catalog of deleted scenes reveals that some of them should have been used in the movie. Still, the film won many independent film awards and deservedly so.
For viewers expecting a Hollywood-style film, don't look for it here. But, don't trash it for what it isn't. Watch it for what it is -- a good film with excellent special effects that looks like it was made for a huge budget. And then wonder what Tomaric and his crew could do with a real budget.
The plot deals with a post-Apocalyptic society that seems to have recovered somewhat from a massive nuclear war. Unfortunately, every attempt at procreation ends in failure because fallout has caused infertility. So, the post-war government (an infamous "one world order") has created clones that are free of mutations and defects. Unfortunately, the clones need a consciousness and a soul, preferably from someone with good genes.
But, the down side is that a formed mind can't be put into a clone because you can't download a conscious mind into a clone (it took, say, 18 years to form the mind and downloading it in a matter of minutes would destroy the clone mind). Trying to erase memories with drugs or electronically would cause brain damage, thus candidates to activate the clones must be manipulated mentally to the verge of wanting to die.
The gist of the story centers around Derek Strombourg, the heavy-handed chancellor of New Athens, who desperately wants to find "the one" -- the person whose genes will finally activate the clones. He's not your usual bad guy in that he does have a soul and a conscience; he's just one of those guys who believes so much in his goal that he convinces himself that the end justifies the means. The target of his means is a young student named Orin Stalward who fits the profile to a tee and who Strombourg must destroy mentally (and subtly) while keeping his Utopian society in one piece.
Mayhaps that's the biggest flaw in "Cl.One." Science fiction tends to need a heavy, a bad guy who is recognizable, someone the audience can hate -- a Darth Vader, a Sauron. In the absence of that, the audience needs well thought out characters to believe, but Tomaric can't deliver that. In order to make his film, he had to use many first-time actors. The biggest name on the marquee is Charles Eduardos ("American Splendor"). The actors, including Jeff St. Clair as Strombourg, Bill Caco as Stalward, Gary Skiba as Joshua Adams and Valerie Renee Law as Mira, hold their own admirably, but can't flesh out their characters enough.
Despite what the other reviewers have said, this film is a visual splendor, a stunning achievement with a low budget. The CGI is admirable, save maybe for a train crash near the end. The sets are remarkable, considering they consist of places found in and around Cleveland, Ohio, including a city hall, a NASA facility, a museum and a brewery (sort of reminds me of "Quatermass 2" where a Shell Oil refinery substituted nicely for an alien base). The sound was nice and I had no problem hearing the dialog. And the ending was a trip; it definitely caught me off-guard, but in a good way, not a sappy, contrived "Matrix Revolutions" kind of way.
The only sfx thing I had a hard time buying was the built-up status of New Athens. The film is set four years after a nuclear war, yet New Athens looks like a futuristic city built up over decades. And I can't imagine enough technology existing to come up with flying cars and futuristic trains.
Admittedly, the film's low budget and Tomaric's novice status hurt the film's potential. A "making of..." vignette on the DVD explains that Tomaric was forced to rewrite, re-film and re-edit the movie many times over the course of seven (!) years. A catalog of deleted scenes reveals that some of them should have been used in the movie. Still, the film won many independent film awards and deservedly so.
For viewers expecting a Hollywood-style film, don't look for it here. But, don't trash it for what it isn't. Watch it for what it is -- a good film with excellent special effects that looks like it was made for a huge budget. And then wonder what Tomaric and his crew could do with a real budget.
Great effort- pretty amazing accomplishment
popU216 August 2006
"Clone" is one of those low-budget sci-fi movies you find at the video store with no major actors in it. The story is about a guy in a futuristic university whose life is being manipulated so the government can give life to all these clones sitting in a growing chamber. It's a pretty cool concept, although story flaws make it clear it's an indie film.
BUT... I checked out the "making-of" video in the special features and learned that this was the first movie from a bunch of college students who had no money at all. The video walks through how they actually pulled this movie off over seven years. The filmmaker was working out of his parent's basement! Actually, the story of how they made "Clone" was a lot more compelling than the movie itself. These guys somehow managed to get together what seems like a thousand actors and spent a lot of time making this.
The movie could have benefited from a more experienced writer, but beyond that, I was pretty impressed with the acting, the special effects, most of which were done with no money, were pretty cool and the look of the film was great. As a movie, "Clone" is OK... as an accomplishment, "Clone" is spectacular.
BUT... I checked out the "making-of" video in the special features and learned that this was the first movie from a bunch of college students who had no money at all. The video walks through how they actually pulled this movie off over seven years. The filmmaker was working out of his parent's basement! Actually, the story of how they made "Clone" was a lot more compelling than the movie itself. These guys somehow managed to get together what seems like a thousand actors and spent a lot of time making this.
The movie could have benefited from a more experienced writer, but beyond that, I was pretty impressed with the acting, the special effects, most of which were done with no money, were pretty cool and the look of the film was great. As a movie, "Clone" is OK... as an accomplishment, "Clone" is spectacular.
An intelligent movie
mwexler1122 December 2000
At first glance, "One" appears to be a typical run-of-the-mill sci-fi movie with a perfect world gone awry, underground rebels, and a man stuck in the middle forced by his situation to make a desperate decision to either keep it all or throw it all away.
When you watch carefully, you'll see how Tomaric weaves several underlying themes into an intelligent and very thought-provoking movie. On the surface, it's a sci-fi action/thriller; but the underlying themes are what really makes the movie work. I don't want to spoil the fun of watching it so I won't give anything away.
After talking to some people at the Cleveland screening, I found that a few didn't quite understand what Tomaric was going for. "One" is a very smart movie for its genre and that may be its weak point... the average movie-going audience might not let go of the "throw-it-away" notion of sci-fi movies to accept that yes, a sci-fi movie can be entertaining and smart!!!
And what is even more amazing is that this movie, which looks and sounds like a big-budget film, is that is was made for only $20,000 (or at least that's what the newspapers out here have been saying). The special effects are great, the music is great, and I really like the bad guy!
I highly recommend "One" to anyone who's either looking for a couple hours worth of entertainment or for someone who's looking for a thought-provoking and stimulating movie. "One" works because it speaks on many different levels. Good job to everyone who made this movie! I can't wait to see the next one!
When you watch carefully, you'll see how Tomaric weaves several underlying themes into an intelligent and very thought-provoking movie. On the surface, it's a sci-fi action/thriller; but the underlying themes are what really makes the movie work. I don't want to spoil the fun of watching it so I won't give anything away.
After talking to some people at the Cleveland screening, I found that a few didn't quite understand what Tomaric was going for. "One" is a very smart movie for its genre and that may be its weak point... the average movie-going audience might not let go of the "throw-it-away" notion of sci-fi movies to accept that yes, a sci-fi movie can be entertaining and smart!!!
And what is even more amazing is that this movie, which looks and sounds like a big-budget film, is that is was made for only $20,000 (or at least that's what the newspapers out here have been saying). The special effects are great, the music is great, and I really like the bad guy!
I highly recommend "One" to anyone who's either looking for a couple hours worth of entertainment or for someone who's looking for a thought-provoking and stimulating movie. "One" works because it speaks on many different levels. Good job to everyone who made this movie! I can't wait to see the next one!
An inspiration to independent digital filmmakers
RobertKS28 May 2000
OK, so I haven't seen the full film--has it even been exhibited yet?--but Jason Tomaric showed me his trailer at the Digital Cinema Expo in January 2000. Fantastic, highly creative. Despite its low budget, what I saw of this film looked like a million bucks--or at least like a well-produced episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. It used the standard desktop effects packages and prosumer gear to achieve an epic post-apocalyptic fantasy backdrop for a personal story. Send me some e-mail, Jason, when it hits screens, big or small.
Hat's off to Jason J. Tomaric!
janssen12 September 2000
As I walked down Euclid Ave, I saw the huge flashing sign of the Cleveland Playhouse Square. I was dressed in my best suit and tie accompanied by my girlfriend and a friend from work. As we walked closer to the theater, a feeling came over me of which I could not describe. In front of the theater, a crowd began to form. Men and women dressed in suites, tuxedos, glowing faces and smiles, waited anxiously until it was time to enter the building.
As I walked into the building, the indescribable feeling began to grow a little more and I found myself becoming more and more anxious. The ticket takers took our tickets and directed us to the second floor. We walked up the red carpeted stairs and into the theater. There I stopped for a moment and took a look around. It was magnificent.
The rest of the crowd followed in behind us. We took our seats and about twenty minutes later the lights dimmed. A few inspirational introductory speeches by some of the crew and finally the spotlight moved to Mr. Tomaric. After a standing ovation, Tomaric began to speak. `I wish that it was me sitting out there and you up here . . . ' he began. Tomaric told of how hard everyone worked on film and how it wasn't just `his' movie, but every one who had something to do with it. As he continued, Tomaric's contagious enthusiasm and optimism saturated the crowd. Tomaric then ended his speech with a story of a `student' and his `master'. The master was teaching his students how to write', and he began by teaching them how to write numbers. They began by writing the number one.' Once the students finished writing the number one,' they took it to the master and the master told to begin to write the number two'. But one of the students approached the master and said, `But master, I'm not done learning how to write the number one'.' The master said to the student, `That's okay, bring it to me when you finish it.' While the other students went on to write the numbers, two', three', four', etc, that one student still worked on the number one'. Years later, the student, who was all grown up now, went to the master. The master asked the student why he had come to him . . . `Ladies and gentlemen,' Tomaric exclaimed, `I now present you with, One.'
As the first set of credits appeared, I sat back in my chair and felt enthusiasm and inspiration pulsating through my veins. Then, fading in from black was the first scene with cinematography good enough to make Steven Spielberg himself jealous. After the first few minutes into the film, I forgot where I was, whom I was with, and why I was there. I found myself engrossed into this story that transports you into a desolate and grim future after a nuclear world war.
As an independent filmmaker myself, I cannot criticize this movie. I am neither a critic or filmmaking connoisseur, therefore I will just say, from an independent filmmaker's point of view, that I loved everything about this film. The sound quality was as good as any film released by a major motion picture company today. The special effects were enough to make any independent filmmaker drool. The lighting was amazing, the acting was great, especially Jeff St. Clair as the evil Derek Strombourg. As for the story, not the first time we've seen the good guys struggling to survive under an evil monarchy after a nuclear war, but the way Tomaric delivers the tale, it's about as original as it gets - right down to the futuristic technology and vocabulary.
Speaking of technology, One is a completely digital film. In other words, the film never once touched tape! Personally, I think that for a film created completely digitally under a $20,000 dollar budget is more than phenomenal and should be an inspiration and example to any filmmaker out there.
A few years ago, I started off on that journey to make an independent film. I dispatch a letter to Jason asking him if he could give me a few pointers on making a film after I had read about him in one of our local newspapers when he began shooting One. The fact that he had the decorum to respond to my letter made an everlasting impression on me. He told me two things that I will never forget, `Think big,' and `Never let no' stop you.' My film never was never finished and the script still lays dusty and untouched on a bookshelf in my room. But I will hold onto his words of wisdom.
Anyways, I know I've gotten off track a little, but I just can't emphasize how inspired I was by this film. I recommend it to anyone and everyone, especially independent filmmakers! Let it be an example to every filmmaker out there that with enough enthusiasm, integrity, persistency, and a strong trust in God, a great movie can be made to look like a $20,000,000 with a budget of under $20,000.
Hats off to you, Jason! Excellent movie!
As I walked into the building, the indescribable feeling began to grow a little more and I found myself becoming more and more anxious. The ticket takers took our tickets and directed us to the second floor. We walked up the red carpeted stairs and into the theater. There I stopped for a moment and took a look around. It was magnificent.
The rest of the crowd followed in behind us. We took our seats and about twenty minutes later the lights dimmed. A few inspirational introductory speeches by some of the crew and finally the spotlight moved to Mr. Tomaric. After a standing ovation, Tomaric began to speak. `I wish that it was me sitting out there and you up here . . . ' he began. Tomaric told of how hard everyone worked on film and how it wasn't just `his' movie, but every one who had something to do with it. As he continued, Tomaric's contagious enthusiasm and optimism saturated the crowd. Tomaric then ended his speech with a story of a `student' and his `master'. The master was teaching his students how to write', and he began by teaching them how to write numbers. They began by writing the number one.' Once the students finished writing the number one,' they took it to the master and the master told to begin to write the number two'. But one of the students approached the master and said, `But master, I'm not done learning how to write the number one'.' The master said to the student, `That's okay, bring it to me when you finish it.' While the other students went on to write the numbers, two', three', four', etc, that one student still worked on the number one'. Years later, the student, who was all grown up now, went to the master. The master asked the student why he had come to him . . . `Ladies and gentlemen,' Tomaric exclaimed, `I now present you with, One.'
As the first set of credits appeared, I sat back in my chair and felt enthusiasm and inspiration pulsating through my veins. Then, fading in from black was the first scene with cinematography good enough to make Steven Spielberg himself jealous. After the first few minutes into the film, I forgot where I was, whom I was with, and why I was there. I found myself engrossed into this story that transports you into a desolate and grim future after a nuclear world war.
As an independent filmmaker myself, I cannot criticize this movie. I am neither a critic or filmmaking connoisseur, therefore I will just say, from an independent filmmaker's point of view, that I loved everything about this film. The sound quality was as good as any film released by a major motion picture company today. The special effects were enough to make any independent filmmaker drool. The lighting was amazing, the acting was great, especially Jeff St. Clair as the evil Derek Strombourg. As for the story, not the first time we've seen the good guys struggling to survive under an evil monarchy after a nuclear war, but the way Tomaric delivers the tale, it's about as original as it gets - right down to the futuristic technology and vocabulary.
Speaking of technology, One is a completely digital film. In other words, the film never once touched tape! Personally, I think that for a film created completely digitally under a $20,000 dollar budget is more than phenomenal and should be an inspiration and example to any filmmaker out there.
A few years ago, I started off on that journey to make an independent film. I dispatch a letter to Jason asking him if he could give me a few pointers on making a film after I had read about him in one of our local newspapers when he began shooting One. The fact that he had the decorum to respond to my letter made an everlasting impression on me. He told me two things that I will never forget, `Think big,' and `Never let no' stop you.' My film never was never finished and the script still lays dusty and untouched on a bookshelf in my room. But I will hold onto his words of wisdom.
Anyways, I know I've gotten off track a little, but I just can't emphasize how inspired I was by this film. I recommend it to anyone and everyone, especially independent filmmakers! Let it be an example to every filmmaker out there that with enough enthusiasm, integrity, persistency, and a strong trust in God, a great movie can be made to look like a $20,000,000 with a budget of under $20,000.
Hats off to you, Jason! Excellent movie!
George Lucas... WATCH OUT!!
alan_beanner23 January 2001
I am certainly no film critic, but certainly enjoy good movies along with the rest of us. Living here in Cleveland, it's been nearly impossibly to live one week without hearing about this little movie called "One" directed by Cleveland local Jason Tomaric. At first, I dismissed his film and lumped it in with all the other indies that are made. After having had taken several film production classes in college, I am more than familiar with the student-film attitude and approach... let's produce a "brilliant" angst-ridden twenty-something movie that takes place in a coffee shop, an apartment, and a car, shoot it like NYPD Blue, and expect the masses to flock to see it. Most of these movies end up being the same, and I think that's what made me numb to independent cinema. Then along comes "One." Yes, I immediately lumped it into the same category with the rest, but all of a sudden realized that this movie was pushing the envelope in a way the others hadn't. I read in the newspapers about the thousands of extras, the huge sets and the great effects and how this kid from a Cleveland suburb crafted this epic production out of his basement with $20,000. It seemed too good to be true. I had the chance to find out when I got a ticket from a friend to the Cleveland screening at the Palace Theatre, the biggest theatre in town where the black-tie event was hosted for cast and crew only. After a series of speeches made by the key players, "One" was about to play. It was amazing and I was speechless. This movie was like nothing I had ever seen before. Sure, you hear about the Blair Witch Project and how it was made for $60,000, but this movie was made for a THIRD of the money and was beautiful! The effects were as good as I heard, the music was sweeping, and story, although a bit long, was certainly worth of two hours. My only critique was the acting, which after being in the student film scene for a while, supported the idea of young, inexperienced actors unwilling to take advice from a young director... How I wish Tomaric's actors would have supported him; it would have been their ticket to Hollywood. Despite this, you truly have to see this movie. It will be well worth your time, and I know that one day this talented young director will have a real budget and he will certainly give Hollywood a run for the money. The proof is in the pudding. This is the "One" to see.
An incredible movie
james_rockwell9 December 2000
As an extra, I was invited to see "One" during a private screening held by the filmmakers. I have to admit, what I was expecting was a cheap, backyard video made by a couple of kids, a la Blair Witch style. After all, what can a budget of $20,000 get you? What I saw completely took me by surprise! These guys made a film that has the look and feel of a multimillion dollar Hollywood movie. The cinematography and lighting was beautiful, the effects were great and the acting was as good as any indie movie I'd seen before.
I'm trying to keep track of the director Jason Tomaric and his crew because I think once they get a real budget for their next movie, they will be able to turn out a hit. Keep an eye on these guys. They're going places.
I'm trying to keep track of the director Jason Tomaric and his crew because I think once they get a real budget for their next movie, they will be able to turn out a hit. Keep an eye on these guys. They're going places.
An uplifting and mind-twisting film that is worth your time.
shaunblanc20 October 2000
An uplifting and mind-twisting film that is worth your time.
You will grow to love the two very different lead characters. A great independent film that follows in the footsteps of "Croupier". A delicate picture of struggling might have beens.
You will grow to love the two very different lead characters. A great independent film that follows in the footsteps of "Croupier". A delicate picture of struggling might have beens.
Great Movie on a Small Budget
metalfanarnold12 July 2005
I thought this movie was done extremely well. The director should be commended on the wonderful job he did. And as an Extra in the movie, I thought he was a pleasure to work with as well. The cast and crew were spectacular. Being in the film introduced me to a whole new group of people. Then being able to see yourself plus those you know, up on the screen is a memorable experience. It is one of those movies you could watch again and again. There is plenty of action, with a great storyline to go with it. When you actually see the movie, it is very hard to imagine that it was made on such a very small budget. It has the quality of a multi-million dollar Hollywood movie. Everyone should see One.
An epic Vision and a Brudin presentation.
jamie-peay17 March 2011
I have to disagree with some of the others who have posted negative reviews of this film. I understand that it is not holly wood, and that it is not for all audiences ...
But this little indie gem stands heads and shoulders above many other indie's, and over many holly wood "sci-fi" films, which dabble in the same subject matter yet fail to deliver such a dark and intelligent presentation.
Sure the acting is sub par(yet it is not really that bad), and the direction is not veteran, but the scope and depth of all the parts when they come together as an whole is nothing short of phenomenal, especially when one takes into account the budget that the filmmakers had to work with.
A thought provoking and surprising film, from beginning to end ...
Closing thoughts ...
I would like to see this movie redone like district 9 was redone, and given the same amount of love and attention along with a bigger budget and professional care, then it might get the respect that it deserves ...
But this little indie gem stands heads and shoulders above many other indie's, and over many holly wood "sci-fi" films, which dabble in the same subject matter yet fail to deliver such a dark and intelligent presentation.
Sure the acting is sub par(yet it is not really that bad), and the direction is not veteran, but the scope and depth of all the parts when they come together as an whole is nothing short of phenomenal, especially when one takes into account the budget that the filmmakers had to work with.
A thought provoking and surprising film, from beginning to end ...
Closing thoughts ...
I would like to see this movie redone like district 9 was redone, and given the same amount of love and attention along with a bigger budget and professional care, then it might get the respect that it deserves ...
Yet to see whole movie
Mjjdn11 June 2006
I was actually an extra in this movie, along with my buddy Matt. The setting for our scene was down in the Tower City belly somewhere. Jason seemed very professional and the experience was once in a life time.
It also turns out that a teacher of mine was once of his directors or producers or something, which was cool. We got to talking one day in our audio/visual editing class and i mentioned the film, and he said he worked on it and showed us some pictures. What a small world.
The trailer looks great, but I have yet to see the full version. I heard it is being re-released in August of 2006, if anyone can confirm that for me, drop me an email, I would really like to see the movie in its entirety.
It also turns out that a teacher of mine was once of his directors or producers or something, which was cool. We got to talking one day in our audio/visual editing class and i mentioned the film, and he said he worked on it and showed us some pictures. What a small world.
The trailer looks great, but I have yet to see the full version. I heard it is being re-released in August of 2006, if anyone can confirm that for me, drop me an email, I would really like to see the movie in its entirety.
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