Evidence (2013)

A detective hunts down a killer using video footage shot by the victims of a massacre at an abandoned gas station.

Director:

Olatunde Osunsanmi

Writer:

John Swetnam

Stars:

Torrey DeVitto, Caitlin Stasey, Harry Lennix

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Torrey DeVitto	...	Leann Hoodplatt (as Torrey Devitto)
Caitlin Stasey	...	Rachel Brodi
Harry Lennix	...	Ben Tuttle
Stephen Moyer	...	Detective Daniel Reese
Nolan Gerard Funk	...	Tyler Morris
Radha Mitchell	...	Detective Alex Burquez
Svetlana Metkina	...	Vicki Makarova
Aml Ameen	...	Officer Jenson
Albert Kuo	...	Steven Lee
Dale Dickey	...	Katrina Fleishman
Barak Hardley	...	Gabe Wright
Verity Branco	...	Olivia Spence
James Ryen	...	Tall Cop
Christopher Frontiero	...	Forensics Tech
Rachel Morihiro	...	Steven's Mother

Storyline

A detective hunts down a killer using video footage shot by the victims of a massacre at an abandoned gas station.

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Plot Keywords:

burned alive | nonlinear timeline | found footage | cell phone video | cell phone | 

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Taglines:

Murder is an art.

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Genres:

Crime | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 July 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

Evidence: Auf der Spur des Killers

Filming Locations:

Santa Clarita, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bold Films,FilmEngine,Marc Platt Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Dale Dickey and Stephen Moyer were co-stars in True Blood. Moyer plays the vampire and Dickey plays the werewolf mother.

User Reviews

Massively reviled but also massively entertaining

Granted, I am a fan of Found Footage movies, but I found myself consistently floored by this film...and in a good way.

"The camera never lies," claims Burquez (Radha Mitchell). Burquez and a team of detectives sit down to piece together footage shot from a multitude of camera and camera phones found at an abandoned gas station in the middle of the Mojave desert, the site of a brutal mass murder. The victims are all passengers on a tour bus bound for Vegas.

What happened?

Let's just say it's better you know absolutely nothing going into this film, except for the bare bones setup. Found Footage films can be quite painful if the lead characters are boring or, worse, annoying. In this case, I actually found Rachel and Leann (Caitlin Stasey and Torrey Devitto) to be rather interesting and fun to watch in a valley gal sort of way. They don't seem particularly smart and are altogether rather ordinary, which makes the situation they find themselves in all the more unexpected and alarming.

Olatunde Osunsanmi gives us just enough enough video footage, realistically hacked together, to keep you feeling jarred and disoriented throughout, and John Swetnam's script and story are as outrageous as it is frighteningly plausible. Never did understand why so many didn't "get" this movie and equally puzzled why almost every critic who saw it panned it.

Evidence is a combination of the Blair Witch Project, a really good slasher film, and a disturbingly immediate social commentary. It follows no template and takes a lot of risks. Which many good films have been hated for.