A night security guard finds himself trapped in a warehouse with an escaped serial killer.A night security guard finds himself trapped in a warehouse with an escaped serial killer.A night security guard finds himself trapped in a warehouse with an escaped serial killer.
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TJ (Derek Hoffman) is a slacker pothead stuck in a dead-end, blue-collar, third-shift job as a warehouse night watchman. Of course, as is often painfully seen in real life, he has an upwardly mobile, good-looking, could-be-doing-better girlfriend (Maria Stevens), who has a power meeting with the mayor in the morning but still drives through a snowstorm in her underwear to give her man some office lovin'. Unfortunately, a brutal serial killer known as the Head Hunter also happens to bust out of the slammer on the same fateful night. How these two plotlines intersect make for an alternating fun and suspenseful ride, and makes Head Hunter one of my favorite microcinema offerings.
At the outset, Head Hunter has a great sense of place, not only in the creepy warehouse that is the main set piece for the feature; but in its feel for Chicago, from the snow-choked streets to the "City of the Big Shoulders" supporting cast. Especially potent in a co-starring role is Wesley Walker as a lantern-jawed, seemingly thick-skulled Windy City cop.
Overall the talent is solid, especially the beleaguered TJ, who wants to spend another night getting high and shooting hoops at a makeshift basket, but instead is chucked headlong into a series of mind-bending, teeth-rattling shocks. The script deftly weaves the clever plot with realistic dialogue and characterizations, from the guy-talk sports banter to the ham-handed office politics of the marginalized, going-nowhere denizens of the night-side working world.
Solid production values showcase the professionalism on the other side of the lens, with good shooting, crisp editing, and smooth post elements finishing out the package.
I would place Head Hunter in the upper tier of microcinema offerings, along with the likes of Hall of Mirrors and Hardcore Poisoned Eyes, as features that break out of their poverty-row restrictions with solid writing and talent, making themselves accessible to a wider audience.
Four Stars out of Five
At the outset, Head Hunter has a great sense of place, not only in the creepy warehouse that is the main set piece for the feature; but in its feel for Chicago, from the snow-choked streets to the "City of the Big Shoulders" supporting cast. Especially potent in a co-starring role is Wesley Walker as a lantern-jawed, seemingly thick-skulled Windy City cop.
Overall the talent is solid, especially the beleaguered TJ, who wants to spend another night getting high and shooting hoops at a makeshift basket, but instead is chucked headlong into a series of mind-bending, teeth-rattling shocks. The script deftly weaves the clever plot with realistic dialogue and characterizations, from the guy-talk sports banter to the ham-handed office politics of the marginalized, going-nowhere denizens of the night-side working world.
Solid production values showcase the professionalism on the other side of the lens, with good shooting, crisp editing, and smooth post elements finishing out the package.
I would place Head Hunter in the upper tier of microcinema offerings, along with the likes of Hall of Mirrors and Hardcore Poisoned Eyes, as features that break out of their poverty-row restrictions with solid writing and talent, making themselves accessible to a wider audience.
Four Stars out of Five
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