Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Joseph Gordon-Levitt | ... | Brendan | |
Nora Zehetner | ... | Laura | |
Lukas Haas | ... | The Pin | |
Noah Fleiss | ... | Tugger | |
Matt O'Leary | ... | The Brain | |
Emilie de Ravin | ... | Emily (as Emilie De Ravin) | |
Noah Segan | ... | Dode | |
Richard Roundtree | ... | Assistant V.P. Trueman | |
Meagan Good | ... | Kara | |
Brian White | ... | Brad Bramish | |
Jonathan Cauff | ... | Biff | |
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Reedy Gibbs | ... | Pin's Mom |
Lucas Babin | ... | Big Stoner | |
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Tracy Bitterolf | ... | Straggler (as Tracy Wilcoxen) |
Ari Welkom | ... | Tangles (as Ari Velkom) |
The lonely teenager Brendan finds his former girlfriend Emily dead in the entrance of a tunnel of sewage and recalls her phone call two days ago, when she said to him that she was in trouble. Brendan, who still loved Emily, met bad elements of his high-school trying to contact her, and when he succeeded, she told him that she was OK. He hides her body in the tunnel and decides to investigate the meaning and connection of four words, including "brick" and "pin", that Emily told him to find who killed her. Using the support of his nerd friend Brain, he successively meets the small time drug dealers Kara, Dode, Brad Bramish, Laura and Tugger, to reach the teenager powerful drug dealer The Pin. Slowly, Brendan unravels the motives why Emily was killed and plots a revenge. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
An instant classic. At once, it demands respect for its efforts. Creating an original film amidst the money-press-like formulaic cookie-cutters is reminiscent an act of rebellion against "the man", and this film has done a beautiful job of sticking it to 'em.
This is just an example of how a movie should be made, and I don't say things like that lightly.
Hell, you know it's going to be interesting when Neilson can only compare and contrast it with things like Memento and Donnie Darko on their little questionnaire. Rock on for intelligent life out there, keep it coming! I for one can't wait till it's released so I can watch for the things I know I missed! -Cognac