Numb (2003)

User Rating:

4.4/10   

Director:

Michael Ferris Gibson

Writer:

Michael Ferris Gibson (writer)

Release Date:

1 January 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Life; the Disease

Plot:

In a post-apocalyptic world where society is controlled by a debilitating narcotic, one woman sets out to find her father, and to heal the wounds of her past.

Plot Keywords:

Tech Noir | Neo Noir | Independent Film

Cast

Jennifer West Savitch	...	Claire
Dominik Overstreet	...	Miles
Anne Goldmann	...	April
Peter Abraham	...	First Guard
Colin Thomson	...	Second Guard
Mike Dingle	...	First Subversive
Matt Heckert
Kelsie Svekerr
Keitha Cole	...	Subversives
Micah Epstein	...	Mumbler
Chris Corporandy	...	Gas Station Kid
Dawn Walters	...	Local 1 Dispenser
Peter Macon	...	Jerome
Mason Tobak	...	Local 1 Patron
Gale Ford	...	Local 1 Dispensers

Also Known As:

Yerba (USA) (working title)
Yerba City (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

USA:77 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Esperanto

Color:

Black and White | Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

San Francisco, California, USA

Company:

Yerba Buena Productions Inc.

Trivia:

Final film of John Randolph.

Quotes:

Claire: What is that? What are you missing, Miles?
Miles: I don't know. You know, I wake up every morning. And I think about blowing my brains out. And I don't know why.

Moody SciFi Drama

Sometimes slow but always atmospheric submersion into a future world where almost everyone is addicted to the drip. People lounge about in zombie-like trances while main character searches for her father - inventor of the drip.

She has 'help' from one of the few other characters not on the sauce. The film presents a completely self contained universe that is moody, strange, and whole. To make this work on a shoestring budget is quite an accomplishment - one of several things it shares with the original "Night of the Living Dead". This one isn't likely to turn up at your local multiplex but will be worth searching out on video when the time comes.