Guilt, grief, and forgiveness get wrapped up in a Twilight Zone-ish shroud of fate in this downbeat trifle of a crime drama. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Percival (Leon Cain) wants to die, and he just can’t manage to do the job himself. It’s not a matter of him being unable to summon the nerve to kill himself: he has tried, many times. But he always survives, in seemingly miraculous ways. In ways that have doctors shaking their heads in wonder and marveling, “You’re lucky to be alive” (and not noticing that this upsets their patient). So Percival hires professional killer Steve (Steve Mouzakis: I, Frankenstein) to take care of the chore. Still Percival won’t die… and now Percival is convinced there’s a reason for this that...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Percival (Leon Cain) wants to die, and he just can’t manage to do the job himself. It’s not a matter of him being unable to summon the nerve to kill himself: he has tried, many times. But he always survives, in seemingly miraculous ways. In ways that have doctors shaking their heads in wonder and marveling, “You’re lucky to be alive” (and not noticing that this upsets their patient). So Percival hires professional killer Steve (Steve Mouzakis: I, Frankenstein) to take care of the chore. Still Percival won’t die… and now Percival is convinced there’s a reason for this that...
- 7/20/2015
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
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