Reprise (4 out of 10)

Boy does this film start with promise. Boy is that promise never fulfilled. This film starts and you think you are going to be part of a wild roller coaster ride of fun and thrills but this coaster stalls after the first vertical drop and you are left trapped in your car wondering when the hell they are going to get you the hell out of there. The writer introduces great possibilities but never delivers. The performances feel improvised - never a good thing. The cinematography is bland. This film falls apart at the end of the first act and never recovers but we're left to suffer as it flops around like a fish on the sand. Way too raw to warrant a $30 expense for two people. I don't think this film is of a quality to be accepted to this festival. Like last years Wild Tigers I Have Known, the misleading write up by the programming committee fooled me again. I guess you can get lucky with the Spectrum Films, but I have yet to be happy about seeing one of them. In a word Reprise is torturous. -Brahmin