Saturday, December 18, 2010
Michael Allen
Director/writer: John V. Soto.
John V. Soto's film, Needle, is a tough product to appreciate. Unlike movies coming out of Hollywood, this one moves differently. The narrative’s pacing is slow and there’s a plot device that the tale centers upon. There’s a cursed box that looks like it was inspired from Clive Barker's Hellraiser. Unlike this visionary director, Soto doesn't rely on gore or fancy special effects to capture interest and the story is based on some ol' black magic to get things going—and what’s found here is not directly borrowed from Haitian culture.
The box that Ben Rutherford (Michael Dorman) has inherited comes with some vicious history. And when he discovers what it can be used for—to make voodoo dolls as an instrument of revenge—it gets stolen. Both he and his estranged brother Marcus (Travis Fimmel) have to discover who the thief is. The rest of the film builds to it. Nearly everyone has a motive except for the brothers. What they do have is the lack of an on-screen chemistry.
The effort is a well-developed modernized concept of what voodoo dolls are used for is interesting. But when the actors can't provide the final glue, maybe it's time to look elsewhere for a stronger product.
An alternate, more positive review has been written by main 28DLA writer Michael Allen offsite. A link is posted below (read both for a balanced perspective):
Needle Reviewed at Associated Content
A release date announcement is expected soon, on this title. Another film written by John V. Soto is below:
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