Ring Ring
Directed by Adam Marino. Written by Adam Marino,Naman Barsoom and Daniel Wallner
This movie has a bunch of set up for a fairly straight forward standard imprisonment movie. You think from the way everything starts off at this telemarketing place that it might be some kind of heist film. This is a bait and switch. It is a film where a drug addict whose mother has died but he pretends she didn't so he can pick up her prescription medication steals a precious cell phone and this guy and his friend break into his house to get the phone back. He traps them in the basement and then hilarity ensues.
I'm just kidding. Just a whole bunch of whatever happens. This is a dull sit. They do some really stupid stuff to get into this situation. They set up this entire get back at our crappy job scheme and other than giving them a reason to want this phone so badly, it has no effect on the plot. They might have been going for a Psycho set up. It doesn't work in this case because it managed to confuse me a bit.
The camera work is also all over the place. The filmmaker believes in that extreme close up school of making movies. This way allows your brain to focus on one thing at a time. All these close ups are language for importance. Well if everything is shot that way, does that mean everything is important? That can't be. Some shots should be set up for mood or for establishing location. My brain hurts just for attempting to parcel this all out.
The acting is adequate. They all play their parts well and I believed in their characters and the situation they found themselves in. You can understand their desperation once they're in it. You understand how trapped even the antagonist feels. His addiction controls him to the point of going this far and hurting people, stealing phones and what not. It has that kernel of dramatic momentum.
The problem is the coincidences that just pile up. Every problem or obstacle that gets in the way of their freedom is solved by a coincidence. Where's the fun in that? How does that place our faith in these characters?
I would skip this one. You can see this type of story better elsewhere. It has potential but it just squanders it. They make such terrible choices and sometimes it's difficult to get behind their thought process. It's also not very scary. It's just dull.
I give this movie a D.
This movie has a bunch of set up for a fairly straight forward standard imprisonment movie. You think from the way everything starts off at this telemarketing place that it might be some kind of heist film. This is a bait and switch. It is a film where a drug addict whose mother has died but he pretends she didn't so he can pick up her prescription medication steals a precious cell phone and this guy and his friend break into his house to get the phone back. He traps them in the basement and then hilarity ensues.
I'm just kidding. Just a whole bunch of whatever happens. This is a dull sit. They do some really stupid stuff to get into this situation. They set up this entire get back at our crappy job scheme and other than giving them a reason to want this phone so badly, it has no effect on the plot. They might have been going for a Psycho set up. It doesn't work in this case because it managed to confuse me a bit.
The camera work is also all over the place. The filmmaker believes in that extreme close up school of making movies. This way allows your brain to focus on one thing at a time. All these close ups are language for importance. Well if everything is shot that way, does that mean everything is important? That can't be. Some shots should be set up for mood or for establishing location. My brain hurts just for attempting to parcel this all out.
The acting is adequate. They all play their parts well and I believed in their characters and the situation they found themselves in. You can understand their desperation once they're in it. You understand how trapped even the antagonist feels. His addiction controls him to the point of going this far and hurting people, stealing phones and what not. It has that kernel of dramatic momentum.
The problem is the coincidences that just pile up. Every problem or obstacle that gets in the way of their freedom is solved by a coincidence. Where's the fun in that? How does that place our faith in these characters?
I would skip this one. You can see this type of story better elsewhere. It has potential but it just squanders it. They make such terrible choices and sometimes it's difficult to get behind their thought process. It's also not very scary. It's just dull.
I give this movie a D.