Girl with a Gun

That's about it. I'll give them 3 stars for actually getting something in the can. Most don't and they waste people's time and money. Another 2 for what looks like the directors first crack at a feature.

Here is where it broke down for me. There were some good performances and some "pull you out of the film" ones. Overall it felt clunky, and had a local only feel. Some seemed to be reading off a page of paper. I wish ULB directors would get away from the "Be A Producer, Get a Role" model which in visiting credits seems to be the case for this film. It appears that it was shot only in Louisiana and I know over the last few years they've developed some good "Supporting" actors who can contribute to rounding out a cast. Several years back I worked on a project there with Egerton and Hauser and I met many local actors and their performances were really good. So, I'm confused. I'm guessing from the look of the cast their only talent draw was Jeremy London. He's just so blah and washed up and his performance was definitely far behind some of the other locals. I am sure most of the cast money went to him and frankly the director could have scratched him and filled his cast with actors who are not just phoning it in. That could have boosted the project a few points. So for cast I'm going -2 for a total project rating of 3. Truly the efforts of the crew need to be praised for their diligence and fortitude. Hoping the director finds those diamonds in the rough with actual credits next time he directs.

This film does well in setting up the plot relatively early and carrying the theme throughout. The sound quality, music composition and camera angles were spot on, which is not always performed effectively on lower budget features. Mr. White put a great team together and the cast was well chosen overall. Especially appealing wwere the chosen locations throughout the film with precision authenticity of the area and culture represented. Drone shots were chosen wisely but not overdone. Editing was performed to perfection in my opinion.

I am looking forward to future projects from this writer/director.

To call this an amateur student film would be an insult to amateur student films. The story could have been written by a six-year-old (and probably was). The acting (if you could call it that) reminded me of a kid's high school play... a bad one. I looked and looked for some redeeming quality to justify my spending time on this but, alas, I could not find one. There are endless continuity mistakes, editing errors where everywhere (looked like cut and paste...done poorly), the music was as weak, misplaced and ridiculous and the dialog was painfully crude.

If this was not intended to be some kind of joke, like a parody on making a movie, then it failed there as well. And if the writer/director was seriously trying to make a movie, then he and all who participated, should be properly embarrassed.

My advice to all who were part of this thing: Don't quit your day job...you are going to need it.

The heroine is Tomi Shaw (Hawk), a bartender who gets a call one night, summoning her back to the family home, a six-hour drive away. Her mother has shot her father, then turned the gun on herself. However, it's not long after her arrival back to the small town in question, that the circumstances of her parents' deaths come into question.

I should have known within 5 minutes this was going to be a complete potato. The acting was flat, the script was poor, the editing was appalling as was continuity. Scenes would fade out without us seeing what was happening, and scenes would cut in with no explanation of where or what they were.

I had no idea who some people were and that appalling music...loud melodramatic music when it wasn't even needed.

The writer needs to go back to writing school and the director needs to get a job in McDonalds where his skills will better serve him.

Don't waste even 5 minutes on this potato, you will regret it.

I found the soundtrack the most annoying aspect of this film - and that's saying much more than you may realize.

I can see everyone involved did their best. While it's all sub-par, the acting wasn't ludicrous, just bad. All the actors were clearly inexperienced.

Some weapon training would have helped the entire cast considerably - More than perhaps a couple hours of safety training. No one looked natural holding a weapon.. no none.

The plot is just drab.. wannabe revenge flick but just full of boring drama with bad accents. The "revenge" aspect doesn't kick in until far, far, far too late making 80% of the film just repetitive and boring.

Production was overall decent. Scenes were lit well and audio levels were generally good without wild variations. But directing was clearly also a novice attempt. Poor scene blocking much of the time - WAY too close or WAY too far drone shots.

The worst part of the film for me was the soundtrack. 10 minutes of banjo repeating.. 10 minutes of piano repeating.. 10 minutes of steel guitar repeating.. then back to the banjo repeating.... etc. And by "repeating" I mean each instrument is like a 2 minute audio clip that clearly cycles over and over. "Hey look.. here's a nice 6 note progression!" then they beat it to death on every instrument thinking it won't be noticed. Rathe rthan changing the music, they just change the instrument playing the music with slight timing variations.

Kudos to those involved, it's a noble attempt, but just not really up to snuff. I've seen much much much worse. But posting that, I'd never sit through this again for any reason. It's unremarkable, uninteresting, and entirely forgettable. It's no wonder it appears to be a free "straight to Tubi" film.