Day Labor

Day Labor is a drama, a whirl-wind, and a nail-biter of a film! A movie so well directed and written I never thought once of getting up for a snack. The picture holds your attention with fierce curiosity. I kept wanting to know what happens next! The acting is superb! Stand out Gary Cairns is the brother with a conscience. Cairns struggles with going along with his blood thirsty family throughout the film until his character pivots, making a sudden shift allowing his true heroic nature take over! Gary Cairn's acting genius is his superior, understated, way of conveying a character. He looks like a nice guy but don't underestimate Cairns in the beginning of the movie. The brother Cairns seems closest to is actor, Corin Nemac. Like brothers can be in real life Cairns and Nemac are as different as night and day. Corin Nemac is brilliant. The two men work well together and I hope to see them in another film. Directing is excellent! R. Ellis Frazier does a great job of keeping each scene tied up, exciting and psychologically intense. Scenery was perfect. Nothing like finding yourself on a massive ranch in hostile territory while being hunted. Amy Johnston is a beautiful badass and exceptional actress as a detective out to find her ex, Danny Arroyo, an American Veteran caught up in an unlikely position. Louis Mandylor plays a Sheriff with stage 5 creep factor, hitting on Amy Johnston. Bad idea! Johnston is like a dog with a bone, nothing will stop her from finding Arroyo. Kudos to the writers! Quick dialogue, great pacing. Day Labor is a 10!