I wasn't aware of Hit and Run, it's one of those movies that popped up on Netflix and my curiosity got the best of me. I really need to mute my curiosity.
It tells the story of a girl who leaves a party, drives under the influence and runs a guy over. She does what she thinks needs to be done, but then the horror truly begins.
I say horror, but I really mean mediocrity and lots and lots of it. You see the concept is hardly original but it's solid enough, the issue is how shoddily made the whole thing is.
The camera work is some of the worst I've seen in years, I don't just mean the shoddy cinematography I mean the actual camera quality. Whenever a scene isn't fully illuminated it looks grainy and cheap, you simply shouldn't be seeing that in a movie from 2009 let alone one that isn't hyper low budget/independent.
So once you get behind the ugliness of it all you'll realize that it's flaws do not end there. Our characters are unlikable, questions are left unanswered, the story feels oddly rushed for a 90 minute film and it just comes across like the very definition of amateur hour.
I've seen considerably worse, hell I've seen considerably worse this week! But still this is a messy little film made worse by the fact I get the impression everyone involved behind the scenes really didn't know what they were doing.
The Good:
Fitting finale
Passable lead
The Bad:
Bafflingly poor camera quality
Some shoddy cinematography
Weak deaths.
It tells the story of a girl who leaves a party, drives under the influence and runs a guy over. She does what she thinks needs to be done, but then the horror truly begins.
I say horror, but I really mean mediocrity and lots and lots of it. You see the concept is hardly original but it's solid enough, the issue is how shoddily made the whole thing is.
The camera work is some of the worst I've seen in years, I don't just mean the shoddy cinematography I mean the actual camera quality. Whenever a scene isn't fully illuminated it looks grainy and cheap, you simply shouldn't be seeing that in a movie from 2009 let alone one that isn't hyper low budget/independent.
So once you get behind the ugliness of it all you'll realize that it's flaws do not end there. Our characters are unlikable, questions are left unanswered, the story feels oddly rushed for a 90 minute film and it just comes across like the very definition of amateur hour.
I've seen considerably worse, hell I've seen considerably worse this week! But still this is a messy little film made worse by the fact I get the impression everyone involved behind the scenes really didn't know what they were doing.
The Good:
Fitting finale
Passable lead
The Bad:
Bafflingly poor camera quality
Some shoddy cinematography
Weak deaths.