This is one of the best, most intense shorts that I have ever seen. It really surprised me how well the acting was for such a shoestring budget. Particularly good were the acting of the fellas who played Jack Favor and Dave Murphy. Everyone else was good, but these two were the most animated , believable ones of the bunch. I was also very impressed by the picture and sound quality. Hearing that this film was a short, I expected a contrasty, shaky picture and awful sound quality. On the downside of this movie, though, it had a bit of a rushed feeling to it....the characters' backgrounds were sketchy and not very well explained. Some may even say that they seemed shallow and unpleasantly-mysterious. The other thing that I thought wasn't so hot was the special feature section...I started watching it and when I was done, asked myself what the hell it was about. They didn't seem to focus much on the movie so much as the behind the scenes crap. I really would have enjoyed if someone had spoken about the story and the characters rather then just a cookie-cutter "making of" spiel.