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(2009)

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4/10
Sadly, largely fails to overcome production limitations
m.mk4 April 2010
The film is a "relentless" serving of fade-to-black vignettes to make a story.

Even the pastiche of outtakes at the end are relentless. In many of these, one actor enjoyed giving the camera the finger as the viewer sees again and again. OK, already. Almost funny the first time, but it becomes a stale joke.

The film description I saw beforehand spoke of the two main characters having a near-death experience. That term, to me, means, in part, out-of-body experience due to clinical death.

Instead, this part of the film was a dangerous situation they escaped from while fully conscious and never clinically dead.

I realize the film was made in only 22 days or such with a small cast and crew, little money, etc., but if meeting these challenges was some kind of test, I am afraid the film largely does not meet the challenge.

A valiant try, but still amateurish.

Milwaukee-area people will enjoy recognizing landmarks seen in the film.

Note: For me, scoring a film at 5/10 means it is an average film. I think many of the film ratings here overall, by that standard, are too high.
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