Wild Seven (2006)

User Rating:

4.5/10   

Director:

James M. Hausler

Writer:

James M. Hausler (written by)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Tagline:

The REAL Generation Gap

Plot:

In this darkly karmic vision of Arizona, a man who breathes nothing but ill will begins a noxious domino...

Cast

Richard Roundtree	...	Lee Marvin - Cleetus Woods
Robert Loggia	...	Mackey Willis
Robert Forster	...	Wilson
Lucie Arnaz	...	Sylvia
James M. Hausler	...	Buckley (as James Hausler)
Christopher M. Clark	...	Conner (as Christopher Clark)
Tyler Parkinson	...	Petey
Zev Stern	...	Nick
Michael Mandell	...	Phillip
William Wiyugal	...	The Texican (as William 'Dub' Wiygul)
Aldred Montoya	...	Serdy
Larry 'Tank' Jones	...	Cyrus Woods
Sean Galdo	...	Stanley Feruza
Lucas Beck	...	Charlie
Matthew H. Sykes	...	Bitch-Slapped-Bank-Guy (as Matthew Hillel Sykes)

MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive language, violence, some drug and sexual content.

Runtime:

USA:98 min | Netherlands:78 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

Apache Junction, Arizona, USA

Company:

Beat Pirate Films

Trivia:

There are multiple versions of the film. The version of the film that appeared at the LA. Filmfest is 25 minutes shorter and contains alternate songs that were not in the original cut.

Movie Connections:

References Batoru rowaiaru (2000)

Soundtrack:

Shake That Rat

Did We See The Same Film?

After reading these other horrendous reviews of the film, I decided to would post one. Has everyone forgotten that films are to be enjoyed? I must say that I had a great time with this film upon viewing it on Saturday. I expected little from it, because it received almost no press and no one was even talking about it. Back in the day of true "indie" fans, that would be something that would be appealing as the studio system has cluttered our definition of independent.

The first thing I will tackle is the music in the film. Other than the opening two guitar songs, the score was very sound. I felt it helped to tie things together quite nicely.

The second is the pace of the film, which is somewhat inconsistent, but it appeared to be intentional. Certain scenes would move fast, whereas other scenes would slow down and appropriately so, in my opinion.

The third is the acting in the film. I found that Richard Roundtree gave the best of the performances in the film, though his counterparts(Forster and Loggia) were very much up to par. The younger group in the film was a pretty good group of guys and after looking them up, it appears this is the first or second effort for most of them. They provided most of the comedy in the film which I think was misadvertised as a bank heist genre flick.

And finally, the plot of the film was intriguing and had an element of mystery. I am the type the enjoys mixing imagination with movie experience and applaud attempts at use of that effect.