The Fix

A toxic gas has spread across the globe, affecting all life on earth. People are wearing various types of masks to try and survive, even some dogs have masks on. The gas is not instantly fatal, but without masks or one drug that can keep people alive, there is no future. And the drug is in short supply, so the company really can decide who lives and who dies. But there is resistance from within the drug company, with a rogue employee who has smuggled out a possible antidote. Ella is a model, and appeared in one of the companies ad. But being a model doesn't make her rich, and through a convoluted route winds up taking a large dose of the possible antidote. This drug starts to change her physical make up, giving her some interesting powers. And the drug company is after her, since by harvesting her immunity, they can provide a larger supply of an antidote drug, and make lots of money by providing it to those they deem should survive. So can she survive the mutations the drug is giving her, and will the company be able to capture her? And interesting variation on a routine story about a greedy drug company and their desire to reap wealth, and a small group who are opposed to what they are doing. The special effects of her change are perhaps the best part of the movie, and well done. Decent enough movie, but not great. In different hands, with perhaps a larger budget and more refinement, it could be a great thriller.

It's a decent flic, probably produced on a lower budget, definitely a 6 or 7, maybe a 5 if you don't like the concept, definitely worth a watch.

I wouldn't normally review films but it appears like something else is going on given the number of 1 star reviews. A scale of 1 to 10 it's a relative measure from the worst film ever to the best, which can be slightly be influenced by the reviewers preference and film watching experience. THIS IS NOT A ONE STAR film, it's so far away from that it's just insulting. I would argue against any 3 star reviews, there are so many rubbish films out there that you can't possibly put this as 3.

Kelsey Egan had a good idea and did a decent job making it a reality. The story is good, the idea even better. It connects with the past, present, and future of our world.

The directing was on the poor side as well as the overall acting. The pacing was off, too rushed in some places and needlessly slow in others.

There were clear attempts to make it look expensive on a tight budget for a screenplay like that.

Overall, not a bad watch. I have seen supposed blockbusters that sucked worse. Give it a try, if you want something indie and different.

Kelsey Egan, keep up the good work. In time you will make something amazing. I believe!

In a dystopian future where air is toxic, a troubled young model takes an illicit new drug at a party and suffers a shocking transformation. She undertakes to reverse the effects of the drug, only to discover that her mutations may be the key to saving the human race.

Okay let's do the positives first... Right so now let's do the negatives: Poor acting, poor direction, poor editing, appalling dialogue, everyone angry and raving even when it's not warranted, choppy, messy and chaotic scene changing. Is that enough for you or shall I go on? I think th film tried to be clever beyond the abilities of everyone involved in it.

South Africa's "The Fix" is one of those movies that, had it a better cast, director and script, it might've been interesting at least. But as it is, I was confused throughout, and I don't know if it was caused by my boredom or if my boredom caused the confusion. In any case, I really didn't get it.

Had the actors been better-let's say Cate Blanchett in the lead instead of Grace Van Dien-the charisma and ability to comprehend emotions and bring a competent script to life would have done wonders. And how about deCaprio as the scheming scientist? Let's add a director like, say, Christopher Nolan to make exciting scenes exciting and dramatic scenes dramatic. And the script...egads, let Christopher pick. I trust him. Because honestly, I think this film had promise as a big budget whatever genre this was. But as a lower budget effort with only one seasoned actor (Clancy Brown in a small role), it just couldn't pull off what it was trying to accomplish.

I give it 4 stars for effort, but gosh it was a jumbled mess that I had no desire to rewatch in order to attempt to understand it.