Dark Night (Tim Sutton)

[Ivan Drago]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BzFzF74asQ

[Ivan Drago]

This movie wants to be Elephant so bad, but it doesn't have the resources, and is unfocused on what it wants to be. It starts out with a mockumentary format and only goes back to it four or five times in between static shots of non-actors doing their menial part-time job....and skateboarding...and taking selfies...and recording videos of themselves working out. And dying their hair orange. And other uninteresting things. It also wants the viewer to guess which of the non-characters is the shooter, but it's really clear after the first ten minutes, as are the points the film wants to make. As a short film, this might have been a lot better, but as a feature, I couldn't stand it.

Also, when I saw this, there were five people in the audience. By the halfway mark, I was the only one left.