Splinter (2006/I)

Director:

Michael D. Olmos

Writers:

Enrique Almeida (writer)
Adrian Cruz (writer)
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Release Date:

17 August 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Thriller

Tagline:

Everyone Dies Dirty

Plot:

A gang member, suffering from severe memory loss, searches for his brother's murderer. He secretly enlists the aid of the investigating Detective, while other members of his gang are mysteriously and sadistically murdered.

Cast

Tom Sizemore	...	Detective Cunningham
Edward James Olmos	...	Captain Garcia
Ivonne Coll	...	Mom
Enrique Almeida	...	Dreamer
Resmine Atis	...	Detective Gramm
Noel Gugliemi	...	Dusty
Dallas Page	...	Detective Stiles
Delilah Cotto	...	Vanessa
Emilio Rivera	...	Jesse (Veterano)
Adam Rodriguez	...	Private Martinez
Hector Atreyu Ruiz	...	Trigger
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ski Carr	...	Louie garcia
Gary Cruz	...	Lil Nights
Anthony Cuesta	...	Speedy
Kira Elliot	...	Female Officer 1
Ruben Ferrer	...	Paradise Gardens G 2
Billy Garcia	...	Shaggy
Jesse G.	...	Paradise Gardens G 4
Nicholas Gonzalez	...	Detective Diaz
Del Guillen	...	Paradise Gardens G 1
Mark Hall	...	Detective
Nico Hill	...	Detective Scinetti
Rob Hinderstein	...	Detective
Harry Karp	...	Forensics Officer #2
Alejandro Llobet	...	Bartender
Jennifer Lopes	...	Bar Girl
Art Madison	...	Detective
Thaddeus Massey	...	Forensics Expert Petersen
Vinni Ali'i Mesa	...	Smokey
Ramon Molina	...	Termite
Gino Montesinos	...	Gumby
Lisa Moya	...	Female Under Arrest 1
Bridger Nielson	...	Detective
Bodie Olmos	...	Forensics Officer
Mico Olmos	...	Detective
Mario Orozco	...	Happy
Danny Ortiz	...	Casper
Senen Reyes	...	Greenville G (as Sen Dog)
Danny Romo	...	Paradise Gardens G 3
Kim Rouggie	...	Herself
Emiliano Torres	...	Shooter
Brien Varady	...	Detective
Jared Ward	...	Detective

Directed by
Michael D. Olmos

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Enrique Almeida		writer
Adrian Cruz		writer
Michael D. Olmos		writer

Produced by
Enrique Almeida	....	executive producer
Enrique Almeida	....	producer
Jason Black	....	co-producer
Adrian Cruz	....	producer
Mark Hall	....	line producer
Mark Hall	....	producer
Jasper Jan	....	co-producer
Ryan R. Johnson	....	co-producer
Barry Levine	....	executive producer
Steven Machat	....	producer
Michael D. Olmos	....	producer
Mike Richardson	....	executive producer
Chris Tongue	....	executive producer
Steve D. Yang	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Jae Chong

Cinematography by
Bridger Nielson		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Jamieson Fry

Production Design by
Bryce Holtshousen

Art Direction by
Miriam Gilbert		(art direction)

Costume Design by
Alison Brooks

Makeup Department
Rob Hinderstein	....	special makeup effects artist
Linda Sammut	....	key makeup artist
Michael B. Williams	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
John O'Rourke	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Julie Cummings	....	second second assistant director
John O'Rourke	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Darren Dziesinski	....	property assistant
Alice Ly	....	assistant property master
Jason Thirlaway	....	property master
Danijel Zezelj	....	illustrator: title sequence
Kevin Meier	....	pre-production artist (uncredited)

Sound Department
Kathleen Edwards	....	dialog editor
Kathleen Edwards	....	sound editor
Andy Hay	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jackie Johnson	....	sound editor
Jim Machowski	....	sound mixer
Dean Menta	....	sound editor
Daniel D. Monahan	....	additional sound mixer
Lucien Palmer	....	sound effects editor
Jesse Pomeroy	....	supervising sound editor
Andy Snavley	....	adr recordist
Andy Snavley	....	foley recordist
Andy Snavley	....	sound effects editor
Andy Snavley	....	sound re-recording mixer
Paul Stanley	....	supervising sound editor
William Tempel	....	boom operator

Special Effects by
Rob Henderson	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Neil Atkins	....	visual effects supervisor
Bob Gill	....	digital intermediate colorist
Ken Locsmandi	....	digital artist
Ken Locsmandi	....	digital intermediate colorist

Camera and Electrical Department
Eric C. Castro	....	grip
Jesse Crusing	....	electrician
Justin DeNino	....	electrician
Mikey Jechort	....	best boy electric
Colin Kelly	....	second assistant camera
Koji Kojima	....	first assistant camera
Erwin Landau	....	steadicam operator
Lincoln Lewis	....	electrician
Jon Myers	....	steadicam operator
Jarrod Oswald	....	first assistant camera
Justin Owensby	....	grip
Joshua Stern	....	chief lighting technician
Amanda Treyz	....	best boy grip
Ben Van Cleave	....	key grip

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Anne Rocchio	....	wardrobe supervisor

Music Department
Dean Menta	....	music editor

Other crew
Matt Fitzgerald	....	production assistant
Elisa Forni	....	script supervisor
Jamieson Fry	....	title designer
Tessy Garcia	....	craft service
Torrence Hall	....	armorer
Geno Imbriale	....	production coordinator
Lourdes Ortega	....	publicist
H. Charles Parrish	....	weapons handler
Anthony Rico	....	production assistant
Mike Tristano	....	armorer

Thanks
Kevin Ragsdale	....	special thanks
Nina Yang	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Splinter Film LLC
• Chamber Six Productions
• Dark Horse Entertainment
• Stonehenge Pictures Inc.

Distributors

• Image Entertainment
• Magic Lamp Releasing (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Revolver Entertainment (2007) (UK) (all media)

Other Companies

• Bendy  sound post-production
• Filmworks/FX  digital intermediate
• Mission Post  sound post-production

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence, language and some drug use.

Runtime:

USA:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

Singapore:M18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Splinter Film LLC

Trivia:

This film is produced by a variety of Los Angeles-based community artists, including a team of scholars from comic book production companies Chamber Six and Dark Horse. It is being best compared to the surprising, award-winning graphic-novelization-turned-movie History of Violence (2005) for it's bold sincerity in this industry.

Yikes! Good intentions, crummy execution.

Though not completely awful, this film disappoints. Though independent directors bemoan the studio system and how it stifles creativity, there is at least one thing that the studios have done fairly consistently: they've been able to remind directors that good acting is highly desirable. Too many indie directors take a concept and some creative ideas and then simply relegate the acting to the lowest priority possible. That's one of the problems with "Splinter"...budget-level acting. I don't consider Sizemore to be an outstanding actor, but he truly embarrasses virtually every other actor in this film, especially Atis, who simply appears amateurish and uncertain in every scene.

So, sorry...can't recommend this one at all. Crummy acting condemns a movie, regardless of the concept, story, and other production values.