Turner Risk

A film that desperately needed a script editor...many of the too many conversations could have been cut...along with all the bargain-bin philosophy...the result would have been a more focused, less rambling main story.

And...there is a blistering story. Young man goes on a killing spree...in his mind's eye, completely justified. It is violent, it is disconcerting...and, it goes off-piste too damn often. Aaargh!!!

Credit must be given to the two leads: Nick Fink & Carlin James. They do a damn decent job...with what they had been given...namely, a less-than-mediocre supporting cast and that blethering script.

A script that - bizarrely - turns into a Scooby-Doo-hunt for a serial killer! Look...if your roommate tries to murder you...you call the police. You don't rally your friends and acquaintances to sniff him out!

There may be a whiff of subtext...he was bullied for being different...alas, an avenue left unexplored. A good script editor could have had a field day with this, skipping down those unexplored alleyways...and, deleting 30 minutes [of drivel] and re-writing the rest.

Frustratingly disappointing...because, it could have been something very special indeed.

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