[3] Over the course of one madcap evening, two stoners entangle with vengeful midgets and whacky devil worshippers while trying to find enough money to repay their dealer. Director Allan Moyle (Pump Up the Volume, Empire Records) phones this one in. The comedy is forced and the leads (Scott Speedman and Wes Bentley) fail to find the right tone for the piece. I know the …
[6] A high school student (Devon Bostick) causes a community uproar after conspiring with his teacher to present a fictitious report identifying his deceased father as a terrorist. Writer/director Atom Egoyan (The Sweet Hereafter, Exotica) is playing with religious and racial tolerance in light of 9/11 with Adoration. The film comes off a bit too much like forced social commentary, but the acting is decent …
[7] Dark Blue uses the Rodney King beating as a backdrop in a tale of police corruption. You could almost think of it as a modern version of L.A. Confidential. It’s interesting to see the main protagonist (Kurt Russell) as one of the film’s shadiest characters, which helps distinguish the movie from your average paint-by-numbers thriller. Russell is good in the role. It’s more of …
[6] An HIV-positive man kidnaps a former fling and forcibly tests him for the virus, ready to exact revenge if the test results are positive. Scott Speedman (Felicity, Underworld) plays the aggressor and James Marsden (X-Men, Enchanted) plays the victim. The film is directed by Tony Piccirillo, who also wrote the stage play on which it is based. The main problem with the film is …
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