The Local

January. 01,2008      
Rating:
5.6
Trailer Synopsis Cast

A wealthy out-of-towner hires an indigent man to abduct an estranged family member.

Adam Nagaitis as  Jack Lord
George Tchortov as  Sig

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Reviews

AniInterview
2008/01/01

Sorry, this movie sucks

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Moustroll
2008/01/02

Good movie but grossly overrated

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FuzzyTagz
2008/01/03

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

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Rio Hayward
2008/01/04

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

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sikkwolf
2008/01/05

Okay look, this movie flat out sucks. The "action scenes" are only brutal if you're a child who's never been in a fight, or seen a decent movie. "Collateral" had short, relatively brutal and engaging fight scenes, "Snatch" had a brutal efficiency to the violence in it. This movie has BUTCHERED "flutter sequences", where there is no fluid attachment to the motion, and what you're really supposed to believe, is that a bunch of fat guys in cameo who are coked up are bad asses. Or that the main character is from a video game, where he receives a horrendous beating, charges his super meter, and suddenly "finish him!" rings out and bam, opponent dead from a nonsensical and badly edited series of moves, I mean seriously, these action sequences wouldn't make sense to Michael Bay. If you want a gritty and violent affair, that's fun to watch as well as professionally filmed and acted, check out "Harsh Times", please don't watch this pile of dung.

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chefdan711
2008/01/06

Script is boring, characters undeveloped, plot unimaginative, anticlimactic, horrible camera affects, and just all-around waste of time...unless it was someones homework assignment...then I'd give em a D+...But since this was actually written, directed, and produced into this mess and then put out into the world for others to view...then I must say that Dan Eberle,you are an epic failure! Steer clear of this film that should have been put out in the garbage...There is some brief full-frontal female nudity, but not long enough, nor satisfying enough, to warrant any amount of the time spent suffering through this junk.

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ddbii
2008/01/07

This movies musical equivalent would be Raw Power by Iggy Pop on first listen it seems too gritty and haphazard but you can't deny the genius. You start thinking about how with a little work you could really market this stuff to the masses. But eventually you come to your senses and realize you would never listen to crap that they market to the masses anyway Everyone in this film looks as if they need of a good scrubbing and a shot of penicillin. Dan Eberle is amazing take Vin Diesel combine him with a street addict than beat your creation with a sock full of nickels and you've got the character he plays. Unfortunately I think this movie will be lost on a lot of folks. I remember reading In Our Time by Ernest Hemingway for the first time and didn't know what the hell was going on till I realized that each story was a vignette. This movie is much the same we pop in somewhere in the middle and things go from there. Dan Eberle has created a character that is a lot more than he's letting on and is seeking redemption for things only alluded. I know everyone's gonna puke but I really would like to see more of this character to fill in a few of the gaps. This movie succeeds in capturing the feel of the street a lot like Taxi Driver did in the 70's and Dan Eberle could be the anti hero model for the New Millennium.

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Dominic Harrison
2008/01/08

If you get the chance to watch this film then do so, you won't regret it. If you think you're taking a chance, you're not, its a great film.I thought that the acting was strong from the main character and the writing flowed nicely for me, I wasn't left bored or wondering why I was bothering to watch a film I'd never heard of, which happens to me a fair bit.I also loved the ending; a little cheesy without a doubt but still very cool never the less.I'd say if you liked the wire you'd be into this film. I'd also recommend it actually to fans of any American modern crime drama series.Not to sound like some dumb film watcher but it did have some cool violent scenes too, what violence there was was done with style or brutality or both.

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