Indie Film Reviews
Indie Feature Film Review: Tuck Bushman And The Legend Of Piddledown Moor
Written by Paul Cryer Sunday, 04 April 2010 14:16
Tuck Bushman is a micro budget feature (made on £625 amazingly!) by the Leeds comedy group The Discount Comedy Checkout (Chris Lumb, Matthew Hick, Matt Jackson, Natalie Smeaton and Rob Girdler). Shot in and around Yorkshire with a lot of help from local communities, it tells the tale of disgraced Australian animal hunter, Tuck Bushman, who is looking to resurrect his career. Luckily for him, a locall town, the titular Piddledown, have a problem with a beast and the mayor calls in the help of people to track it down. Armed with a cameraman and his trusty rules, Bushman goes off in search of the beast, but is all as it seems?
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Indie Feature Film Review: Mission X
Written by Paul Cryer Wednesday, 24 February 2010 15:48
Mission X Review
Mission X is a low budget Scottish gangster film that has action, suspense and a good bit of humour. Shot on a tiny budget over the course of a year, it doesn't take away from the fact that the film is an enjoyable piece that kept me entertained for its near 90min run time.
With the low budget, David Baker decided to use the 'this was a film shot by a student' angle so that he could get away with the handheld, lower quality look. For the film, it works perfectly. As this is a documentary shot by short film student Grant as he gets an interview with mercenary Ryan, getting more than he bargained for as he becomes embroiled in Ryans mission, the way it looks is perfect, infact it may not have worked if it had looked too polished. It looks and feels authentic.
The plot unpeels slowly, with snapshots of what is to happen thrown into the film at various stages to keep you wondering how they end up and this point and what exactly is going on. As such there is a good tension and suspense to the film as it progresses. Acting is strong throughout and the dialogue good. The film also has a good level of humour that runs through it as well, one of my favourite exchanges being Grant wondering how Ryan got his blog, to which the reply was simply "It's on the Internet". I also enjoyed the docu style start with clips and some talking heads about what people had seen that day, it gets you straight into the film, wondering what exactly is the plot about. I also loved Grant doing his best 'Taxi Driver' impression in the bathroom too.
Mission X then certainly puts David Baker on my radar, it showed a quality of work in all aspects of the production that suggests we should see some interesting stuff coming from his camp in the next few years.
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Review: Mark Macready & The Archangel Murders
Written by Paul Cryer Tuesday, 22 December 2009 14:30
Synopsis: Manchester, the supernatural crime hub of the 21st century. Home of Detective Mark ‘Mac’ Macready. When Macready wakes from a coma he was brutally put into by an unseen enemy, he is met with the unsettling news that his wife Christina is missing and a mass murdering monster has been on the rampage, which the press has affectionately dubbed ‘The Archangel’.
Realising there is a connection between his wife’s disappearance and the arrival of ‘The Archangel’ the intrepid detective descends into a paranoid, frenzied search through Manchester’s dark supernatural underbelly. It is up to Mac, and Mac alone, to find his missing wife, solve the case and bring the merciless Archangel to cold blooded justice.
Directed by Sean Candon and starring Ryan McDermott, ‘Mark Macready and the Archangel Murders’ is an independent low budget horror comedy from award winning Manchester based studio CM Films. Filled with numerous memorable characters and with twists coming thick and fast, ‘Mark Macready and the Archangel Murders’ is a thirty minute thrill ride that will have you gasping for breath and asking for more.
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