Co-written by real-life brothers Matthew and Aaron Toronto, THE PACT is a film about two fictional brothers, Grant and Ancel Fox, who swear off women for a year after their respective relationships go sour. Grant is the responsible 9 to 5er and Ancel, the between-gigs-musician who moves in with his more responsible sibling.
Much of the action in this film takes place inside of local watering hole Jim's Tap, where Ancel often plays. When Ancel discovers his girlfriend cheated on him with a fellow band member, he's had enough. He drinks himself into a stupor, wrangles his brother Grant onto a tabletop and they make a pact: No women for a year. They seal their pact in blood and frame the blood-stained napkin on a wall of shame (or glory?). It's the kind of thing you can only get away with at a bar where you're a regular. After this quick set up, the movie is off and running.
The next day, on the first full day of the pact, Grant goes to work and all of a sudden women can't get enough of him. Grant's coworker, Joanne, shoots him an email confessing her love while peering over the shared wall of their cubicles. She even goes as far as to openly declare herself "a stalker." On the other hand, Ancel is already ready to break the pact once he's sobered up in the morning. He tries, but has terrible luck; As he's about to hook up with one woman in the bathroom, the fire alarm goes off.
One day, Grant runs into a cute new neighbor, Charlie. They meet at Jim's Tap and immediately hit it off. Charlie moves in for the kiss but Grant pulls back, beholden to the pact. As Grant tries to keep Charlie at an arm's length, counting down the days until the pact ends, Ancel also starts to take a liking to Charlie. The Fox brothers have a falling out and it appears that the pact has done more harm than good. In the end, though, Grant and Ancel learn that the pact wasn't really about women at all.
Jackie is particularly strong as bartender of Jim's tap, who sees Grant as the nice guy that he is, helping him stay true to the pact and himself. The film is quite funny and though limited in scale with only a few locations, makes good use of music to add to the atmosphere and comedy.
Much of the action in this film takes place inside of local watering hole Jim's Tap, where Ancel often plays. When Ancel discovers his girlfriend cheated on him with a fellow band member, he's had enough. He drinks himself into a stupor, wrangles his brother Grant onto a tabletop and they make a pact: No women for a year. They seal their pact in blood and frame the blood-stained napkin on a wall of shame (or glory?). It's the kind of thing you can only get away with at a bar where you're a regular. After this quick set up, the movie is off and running.
The next day, on the first full day of the pact, Grant goes to work and all of a sudden women can't get enough of him. Grant's coworker, Joanne, shoots him an email confessing her love while peering over the shared wall of their cubicles. She even goes as far as to openly declare herself "a stalker." On the other hand, Ancel is already ready to break the pact once he's sobered up in the morning. He tries, but has terrible luck; As he's about to hook up with one woman in the bathroom, the fire alarm goes off.
One day, Grant runs into a cute new neighbor, Charlie. They meet at Jim's Tap and immediately hit it off. Charlie moves in for the kiss but Grant pulls back, beholden to the pact. As Grant tries to keep Charlie at an arm's length, counting down the days until the pact ends, Ancel also starts to take a liking to Charlie. The Fox brothers have a falling out and it appears that the pact has done more harm than good. In the end, though, Grant and Ancel learn that the pact wasn't really about women at all.
Jackie is particularly strong as bartender of Jim's tap, who sees Grant as the nice guy that he is, helping him stay true to the pact and himself. The film is quite funny and though limited in scale with only a few locations, makes good use of music to add to the atmosphere and comedy.