WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS!!!
Everybody is always looking for one of those really sweet movies that nobody has heard about, and after wading through hundreds of rotten movies, I've finally found one! The first hour of the movie or so had me convinced that this wasn't going to be any different than any of the others, but the last half hour was some of the finest footage ever put to film!
The story begins with Darkly Noon (Brendan Fraser) wounded and wandering through the woods. He is found by one of the local townsfolk and taken to recuperate with Callie (Ashley Judd) and her boyfriend Clay (Viggo Mortensen). While staying with Callie and Clay, Darkly soon learns that Callie is quite attractive with her exceptionally artificial blonde hairdo, unshaved armpits and skimpy outfits. He starts to lust after her but has problems reconciling that with his deeply ingrained religious beliefs. Up until that point, the movie is pretty boring and standard stuff. It's when Darkly loses touch with reality that it starts getting interesting. He begins to get in touch with his psychotic side and then some of the weirdest stuff you'll ever see begins to happen!
In some ways, I feel bad in explaining about Darkly's psychotic break, but the movie just isn't worth watching if you don't have a reason. The first hour of this movie just isn't too compelling, and there really isn't much of a reason to watch it other than to set things up for the last half hour. In those regards, it is very similar to Home Alone. The first hour sucks and then it gets interesting. The main difference is that the last few minutes here are so compelling, so utterly twisted, that you can't help but watch. This was some pretty strange stuff here, and while the budget wasn't the same as other movies such as "The Cell," it worked miracles in creating equally bizaare visual imagery. If you don't mind sitting through an hour of fairly average movie, the last few minutes will pay off some huge dividends. I would highly recommend this to anyone looking for something out of the ordinary, and anyone who can find it. It's a very limited release, and I had to search high and low to find this, so good luck.
Everybody is always looking for one of those really sweet movies that nobody has heard about, and after wading through hundreds of rotten movies, I've finally found one! The first hour of the movie or so had me convinced that this wasn't going to be any different than any of the others, but the last half hour was some of the finest footage ever put to film!
The story begins with Darkly Noon (Brendan Fraser) wounded and wandering through the woods. He is found by one of the local townsfolk and taken to recuperate with Callie (Ashley Judd) and her boyfriend Clay (Viggo Mortensen). While staying with Callie and Clay, Darkly soon learns that Callie is quite attractive with her exceptionally artificial blonde hairdo, unshaved armpits and skimpy outfits. He starts to lust after her but has problems reconciling that with his deeply ingrained religious beliefs. Up until that point, the movie is pretty boring and standard stuff. It's when Darkly loses touch with reality that it starts getting interesting. He begins to get in touch with his psychotic side and then some of the weirdest stuff you'll ever see begins to happen!
In some ways, I feel bad in explaining about Darkly's psychotic break, but the movie just isn't worth watching if you don't have a reason. The first hour of this movie just isn't too compelling, and there really isn't much of a reason to watch it other than to set things up for the last half hour. In those regards, it is very similar to Home Alone. The first hour sucks and then it gets interesting. The main difference is that the last few minutes here are so compelling, so utterly twisted, that you can't help but watch. This was some pretty strange stuff here, and while the budget wasn't the same as other movies such as "The Cell," it worked miracles in creating equally bizaare visual imagery. If you don't mind sitting through an hour of fairly average movie, the last few minutes will pay off some huge dividends. I would highly recommend this to anyone looking for something out of the ordinary, and anyone who can find it. It's a very limited release, and I had to search high and low to find this, so good luck.