Random Acts of Violence

British Malcolm (Ashley Cahill) has been in New York City for 15 years and is tired of the gentrification of "his" city. He wants things to go back to the better times like when NYC had edge in the 1970s. His plan is simple: Kill as many people (mostly annoying hipsters) as he can and document his manifesto with a camera crew following him around. This acerbic pitch black comedy was edited, written, produced, and directed by leading man Cahill and had me from the opening. He obviously has seen Man Bites Dog (1992), but gives the "documentary crew follows a killer" scenario its own life with his unique Malcolm character, the hipster who hates hipsters but lives in awe of French New Wave and Clint Eastwood films (don't text while watching a movie with Malcolm). Some of the lines killed me, like when Malcolm regrets killing the project's director and says, "I think I made a mistake kill Bob that way. I should have waited. I have no idea how to edit Final Cut Pro." Or when he tells someone a Mayoral candidate has just been assassinated and they say, "I know, someone tweeted about it 15 minutes ago. Who cares?"