How is this a noir? The plot mechanics are driven by the characters themselves rather than some external force. No irony of fate, just tragic characters without much depth. Is Shakespeare noir? And where are the hard-boiled dialogue?
Takes out two scenes from the film: first, the carnival duel in the start; second, the misty swamp ending. And the film reduces to less than the sum of its parts. Except those two scenes, and maybe the meat-plant heist, what else is noteworthy here?
The opening courtroom scene which labors into three or four flashbacks and still fails to elucidate the boy's fetish for guns is such a poor sequence. Better to keep the motives as mystery rather than over-explaining them.
Too many errors in details and continuity, but that's forgiving for a low-budget B-movie.
There's a brilliant kinetic idea here that lends itself so beautifully to camera, and has spawned numerous copies, but unfortunately, the rest is just scaffolding.
Takes out two scenes from the film: first, the carnival duel in the start; second, the misty swamp ending. And the film reduces to less than the sum of its parts. Except those two scenes, and maybe the meat-plant heist, what else is noteworthy here?
The opening courtroom scene which labors into three or four flashbacks and still fails to elucidate the boy's fetish for guns is such a poor sequence. Better to keep the motives as mystery rather than over-explaining them.
Too many errors in details and continuity, but that's forgiving for a low-budget B-movie.
There's a brilliant kinetic idea here that lends itself so beautifully to camera, and has spawned numerous copies, but unfortunately, the rest is just scaffolding.