Arc (2006)

Director:

Robert Ethan Gunnerson

Writer:

Robert Ethan Gunnerson (writer)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Set in the belly of Los Angeles' criminal underworld, Arc is the story of Paris Pritchert, a former police officer turned drug dealer and addict...

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Sean Apple	...	Guy in Park
Jonah Blechman	...	Kenny
Garrett M. Brown	...	Dr. Felder
Ann Cusack	...	Angela Blake
Peter Facinelli	...	Paris
Elizabeth Greene	...	Woman in Yard
Logan Grove	...	Christopher Blake
Chris Hall	...	Jefferson
Mel Harris	...	Charlie
Ken Howard	...	Santee
Billy Lush	...	Bobby Ward
Donne McRae	...	The Wolf's Voice
Simone Moore	...	Maya Gibbs (as Raina-Simone Moore)
Joe Ochman	...	Donald Garek
Blake Robbins	...	Thomas Blake
Jim Sharon	...	Toy Store Thug #1
Alex Sol	...	Rusty

Runtime:

USA:113 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

42 Frames

About average

A film about a young ex-cop and now drug abuser and dealer, Paris Pritchert (Peter Facinelli), washed up just shy of 30, working for his dead father's partner, a hardened, corrupt cop. His fixation about finding a kidnapped boy becomes a reality through happenstance of an unexpected "vacation." Along with Maya Gibbs (Raina-Simone Moore), a prostitute just getting into the game, the story degenerates into a slow pursuit filled with a combination of violence, pornography, and depravity that ends with the inevitable conclusion of the path of self-destruction that is Paris's life.

Full of affectation and the embodiment of conceit, not surprising of a first film, especially considering that Gunnerson was the writer, director, editor, and composer. The last is the most amusing, and perhaps intended, as the soundtrack could pass for that of a 1980's porno. It is questionable that this film would even have been released without the success of Peter Facinelli's subsequent effort in Twilight.

There seems to be gratuitous camera and visual effect (Gunnerson is co-credited on this). Although I liked the stills in fast rewind at the start of the film, the other odd interjections seem to add nothing to the feel of the film. Most of this film is in black and white and yet it is interspersed with bits of color and sometimes, briefly, in full color and the meaning of the color is unclear.

All that said, this film isn't all that bad and Peter Facinelli acted well, but the film in total is more average than good or bad.