Flashburn (2017)

Wes Nolan wakes up in an abandoned warehouse with a case of amnesia. He has been kidnapped by someone named "Lazarus" who has him held captive in order to get the cure for an Ebola outbreak... See full summary »

Director:

Giorgio Serafini

Writers:

Garry Charles (story), Garry Charles

Stars:

Sean Patrick Flanery, Cameron Richardson, Romen L. McPherson

Cast

Credited cast:
Sean Patrick Flanery	...	Wes Nolan
Cameron Richardson	...	Kalie Jorgensen
Romen L. McPherson	...	Luke Sinclair (as Lawrence McPherson)
Justin Fischer	...	Jack Stewart
Nick Stevenson	...	Dylan McKenzie
Jordann Kimley	...	Brad Milton
Robert Steven Brown	...	Shooter 1
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
LaDon Drummond	...	Lazarus (voice)

Storyline

Wes Nolan wakes up in an abandoned warehouse with a case of amnesia. He has been kidnapped by someone named "Lazarus" who has him held captive in order to get the cure for an Ebola outbreak. Wes was a virologist and microbiologist who was working to engineer a bacteria protein carrier to attack the Ebola virus before it could destroy human cells. Instead of destroying the Ebola, however, Wes' protein mutated the virus into something much more potent. Now Wes must try to regain his memory and try to find the cure.

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Genres:

Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

production company website

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 December 2017 (USA)

Filming Locations:

New Braunfels, Texas, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Smoke Hammer Media,West Arts

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

It's like someone filmed a video game. And not a good one.

This is not a sci-fi thriller. It is a tedious, mawkish 2-dimensional linear script mess.

I'm not sure which film garnered the high scoring reviews under the title 'Flashburn' but I'm pretty sure it was not the one I watched.

Not sure where to start? The story might have been intriguing for a 15 minute short, woefully inadequate for the 90 minute snoozefest. As it stands, it is repetitive and requires far too much 'tell' and not enough 'show' to make things move. The plot reversals are amateur at best, and again, repetitive.

Dialogue is strained, and the 'computer voice over' both annoying and yes, repetitive. The script itself is basic, not a lot of acting skills required, and most of it is delivered in either excited (and repetitive bursts) or wondering monotone.

Production values are as low as one can get, but they did make good use of what they had, most scenes had plastic sheets and diffuse lighting as the backdrop and the empty run down warehouse did create an atmosphere, just not a very good one.

The acting was good, unfortunately limited by both script and dialogue. The two main actors had good range and delivery, their performances giving a weak film some structure.

On a positive note, for those involved in this film, they can only move onto better things.

Would I recommend this film? Hell no.