The Local (2008)

A wealthy out-of-towner hires an indigent man to abduct an estranged family member.

Director:

Dan Eberle

Writer:

Dan Eberle

Stars:

Dan Eberle, Maya Ferrara, Karl Herlinger

Cast

Credited cast:
Dan Eberle	...	Noname
Maya Ferrara	...	Claire
Karl Herlinger	...	Rottweiler
Beau Allulli	...	Blueboy
David F. Nighbert	...	Frank
Paul James Vasquez	...	Joe
James Alba	...	Horse
Paul Bowen	...	Big Black
George Tchortov	...	Sig
Jarret Garcia	...	Moo
David Cornue	...	Redcoat
Torben Brooks	...	Jon
Janet Panetta	...	Anne Thomson
Adam Nagaitis	...	Jack Lord
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Anthony Auriemma	...	Lewis (as Anthony Vincent)

Storyline

The Local follows Noname, an enigmatic man running from a tortured past. He is trapped in a violent Brooklyn underworld as the lowly drug runner for a gang of crazed veterans. There, Noname is approached by a wealthy out-of-towner who offers him a large sum of money to "rescue" the man's heroin-addicted daughter from his employer's drug lair. Noname soon realizes that saving the girl is more than a payday. It will grant him a way out of his purgatory after a lifetime of wrongdoing, and open a path toward personal redemption.

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Plot Keywords:

drugs | kidnapping | fight | violence | existentialism | 

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Taglines:

You can change your lot in life.

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Genres:

Action | Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

June 2008 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Insurgent Pictures, New Core Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

[first lines]
Noname: To be more than the sum of your circumstances. To break free from the past. To change your lot in life.
[violent blow]
Noname: It's a promise.

User Reviews

After school film for slow adults

The story is overly simplistic and melodramatic, like some slightly better than after-school teen film.

I.e., yet another boring inner city drug drama.

Impressive technically, but little more. The acting is all impressive (excluding Eberle who is also the writer and would have been better off writing himself a cameo role). The score, soundtrack, and filming all help make the film tolerable. Hopefully everyone except Eberle will get better films to be in from now on.

So what do you watch instead? Gamer has some similar sub-story lines and written into a more interesting film overall.