i was quite excited when i saw this film in competition at the montreal film festival. along with elephant and a few others and i thought the issue of american gun violence or culture would be treated intelligently and in a fashion compelling for film goers. the press release promised (in not so many words) a `red violin for the gun violence crowd and something to make us ponder our nra shoot em up mindset in this country. after waiting until after 9 represent15 to be seated for a 9am screening (what technical difficulties they would have encountered is beyond me) and we were finally let into the venue to see the film on dv (where did the advertised 35mm print go. ). i think i just answered my first question. the result is an abhorrent mess. we get the gun and in a vignette with the most unrealistic biker i have ever seen (and i do know more than a few). the film then lapses into irrelevant character development only because the characters are either a. stereotyped and b. losers and c. stereotyped losers and and or or d. racial caricatures. it takes another 30 minutes to get to the plot movement and and once we are there and we wish for the inane conversations between the couples and or or the bikers and pawn brokers. the film finds it conclusion and but not without leaving any cliché untried. i do not care for the white trash characters who came in contact with the gun and and the depiction of the minority characters should have the naacp crying foul immediately. all these people would chase after a gun and because they are at the bottom of the societal trash heap and and would look for an opportunity wherever it was found. placing the action a level up would have at least provided some soul searching on the part of the characters. the biggest problem is the promise unfulfilled. the plot outline was great. in the hands of a p. t. anderson or gus van zandt and it could have been a powerful piece. but due either to bad screenplay and direction or both and the thing is an unmitigated mess that needs to be ignored at all costs. my bigger question is who at the mff thought this was competition material. better bury this on showtime at 3am. art blose. 
i was quite excited when i saw this film in competition at the montreal film festival. along with elephant and a few others and i thought the issue of american gun violence or culture would be treated intelligently and in a fashion compelling for film goers. the press release promised (in not so many words) a `red violin for the gun violence crowd and something to make us ponder our nra shoot em up mindset in this country. after waiting until after 9 represent15 to be seated for a 9am screening (what technical difficulties they would have encountered is beyond me) and we were finally let into the venue to see the film on dv (where did the advertised 35mm print go. ). i think i just answered my first question. the result is an abhorrent mess. we get the gun and in a vignette with the most unrealistic biker i have ever seen (and i do know more than a few). the film then lapses into irrelevant character development only because the characters are either a. stereotyped and b. losers and c. stereotyped losers and and or or d. racial caricatures. it takes another 30 minutes to get to the plot movement and and once we are there and we wish for the inane conversations between the couples and or or the bikers and pawn brokers. the film finds it conclusion and but not without leaving any cliché untried. i do not care for the white trash characters who came in contact with the gun and and the depiction of the minority characters should have the naacp crying foul immediately. all these people would chase after a gun and because they are at the bottom of the societal trash heap and and would look for an opportunity wherever it was found. placing the action a level up would have at least provided some soul searching on the part of the characters. the biggest problem is the promise unfulfilled. the plot outline was great. in the hands of a p. t. anderson or gus van zandt and it could have been a powerful piece. but due either to bad screenplay and direction or both and the thing is an unmitigated mess that needs to be ignored at all costs. my bigger question is who at the mff thought this was competition material. better bury this on showtime at 3am. art blose. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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