Double Fun Review!

Blood, Bullets and Octane.

A dire Tarantino rip off that could have been trimmed down to a 10 minute short film without losing anything I would have missed. Director/Writer/Co-Star Joe Caranahan’s peppers the whole affair with lots of people screaming at each other as a substitute for conflict. The story about two used car salesman trying to score big, the assassin on their tail and their asshole boss is wafer thin and I think it was supposed to be funny. No laughs here. The “big twist” is interesting for about a minute before you get outraged for wasting 75 minutes of your life. You’d never think the man behind the outright brilliant “Narc” vomited out this indie (Sensation? Really?) dull-fest

NOTE: Carnahan also used a very similar “twist” in BMW short film he wrote/directed that starred Clive Owen.

That Thing You Do

Tom Hanks only directorial effort is a light and frothy story of a one hit wonder Beatle-esque band’s rise to fame and eventual fall from grace. It’s non threatening and isn’t very high reaching for dramatic conflict but it’s a pleasant little ride while it lasts. It’s a film you’d chuckle along with when it floats by on a dull Sunday afternoon. The cast of male teenage stars never really hit it big following the film (You could argue about Steve Zhan’s career) but the female set boasts Liv Tyler and Catherine Theronz to lend them some ‘they became famous later on’ factor