Once we get past the inevitable "early-10" reviews (usually by members of the cast or maybe relatives of the caterers), and past the low-ball reviews that make a huge fuss about the budget (most indies have a low budget, which is why they are indies), we finally get a chance to look at the actual film. The first thing you notice is the runtime. Hawken did not set out to do a simple "filler" for cable because his final cut is well over 2 hours. This was a serious effort at a "genre-busting" riff on the now-popular "lost teen" niche. Except that, rather being a straightforward procedural, it breaks more of the genre's conventions than it follows. It is this aspect alone -- that the viewer cam never quite see around the next corner -- that makes NO REASONS more interesting than it would otherwise be. As for all the comments on the horror of the underlying story, wake up and smell the Evil. Anyone in law enforcement will tell you this film actually UNDERSTATES the reality.
Review of No Reasons
