Noel Miller shot out with a bang with his first professional short film. With this sense of professionality comes these new responsibilities to uphold. For the most part, Noel keeps this up with continuous story and little to no dark patches, but he also makes several mistakes that should not be done with a work of art on this level as "Suki" is. I am not saying that there are no bad things about the short film, it is shot very well, the contrast of colors and the brightness of Suki's clothing compared to every other character shows herself as a more "out there" person. The special effects are done well, there isn't much to say about that. The main problem, and hardest to avoid is the writing. There is a plethora of plot holes in this film, but one can expect this in a short film thats about 9 minutes. Still, the writers should have avoided as many of these as possible. Another thing that was very annoying were the characters. Suki's character was fine, but everyone else was very hard to like and support (especially the detective). Some smaller thing that annoyed me was the dialogue. If someone told me it was from Kill Bill Vol. 3's leaked script, i would believe it. This film feels very kill bill-ey. The plot differs most of the time, but still manages to go back to its blatant inspiration.
I would like to end this review off with a good note. The ambience and the settings were exceptionally chosen. I like where this is going, but Noel and his future teams need to tighten up the loose ends. It is especially stressful to do these short films with an audience of over a half a million people watching it and criticizing it. All in all, "Suki" directed by Noel Miller combines a block buster horror concept with House Cinematographic elements. Neither of these elements overpower the other, and it leaves the whole experience, just meh.
