If you want a thought provoking movie that will make you do something with your gray matter besides letting it act like a sponge this is it. It presents real life, real people in all their rawness, which makes the audience able to relate to the characters. No Hollywood stars here to distract attention from the story, just great young actors whose performances are outstanding. In his directing, Neal Dhand pays close attention to details, from the choice of camera angle to the environmental details within each scene. He takes young actors and gets them to immerse themselves so thoroughly into their roles that it feels like you are no so much watching a movie, but spying on the real lives of the characters. After seeing it you'll be thinking about it for the next day and then you'll just need to watch it again.
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His bum leg
bkoganbing15 November 2014
Warning: Spoilers
You can take the title Second Story Man many different ways. When Christopher Domig describes himself as one as he relates to Lindsay Goranson the story of how he got his bad leg, he said it was from dealing with too many windows. Whether he was a burglar or escaping from jealous husbands through the second story windows you can interpret it either way.
Domig and Valerie Evering are a mixed racial couple with a young daughter who are a pair of crooks. His bum leg reduces him to being the driver in bank robberies. So one fine day while they have the daughter in the back seat and dad at the wheel, mom goes to make an unscheduled and unauthorized withdrawal. A security guard shoots her dead, but no one suspects Domig in the car and he drives away both empty handed and a widower.
For his daughter's sake and to stay under the radar Domig moves out to a real rural area He gets involved with a married woman Lindsay Goranson, but she also has a past and an interesting connection to Domig through her husband.
I'm not saying more, you can see this as you wish. But I have to tell you the direction is dull and lifeless though the camera work is fine. His cast for the most part go through this like automatons.
Have a lot of caffeine to sit through this one.
Domig and Valerie Evering are a mixed racial couple with a young daughter who are a pair of crooks. His bum leg reduces him to being the driver in bank robberies. So one fine day while they have the daughter in the back seat and dad at the wheel, mom goes to make an unscheduled and unauthorized withdrawal. A security guard shoots her dead, but no one suspects Domig in the car and he drives away both empty handed and a widower.
For his daughter's sake and to stay under the radar Domig moves out to a real rural area He gets involved with a married woman Lindsay Goranson, but she also has a past and an interesting connection to Domig through her husband.
I'm not saying more, you can see this as you wish. But I have to tell you the direction is dull and lifeless though the camera work is fine. His cast for the most part go through this like automatons.
Have a lot of caffeine to sit through this one.
captivating thriller
Mdhand28 June 2012
I have seen this movie three times. The second time, I was surprised to find that I appreciated it so much more. The third time, I was prepared to be bored; however, I found myself completely wrapped up in the dilemma of the main character. His struggles with these feelings of revenge really captivated me and I found the ending particularly powerful. The score is unobtrusive but perfectly reflects the emotions portrayed. It speaks volumes without being distracting - exactly what a score should do. I will be looking for the main actors in other films. It will be interesting to see the breadth of their performances. Zaira Crystal is a natural and bears watching in the future. Second Story Man fleshes out a complicated emotion with a minimum of dialogue- a real credit to all involved.
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