Greetings fans of horror on Dan's Movie Report, ramping up the initial stages of production this weekend is the horror film from director Haynze Whitmore, Crepitus!
According to IMDB: Seventeen year old Elizabeth and her younger sister Sam are thrust into
circumstances more terrifying than life with their abusive, drunken
mother when they are forced to move into their deceased Grandfather's
house. Frightened beyond belief, they are forced to learn horrible
things about their family history. Never mind the ghosts in the house,
there is something far worse that takes an interest in them ... a
cannibalistic clown named Crepitus
The independent horror film stars Bill Mosley and child star Chalet L Brannan, and Eve Mauro.
Follow the film on social media and watch for exclusives on Dan's Movie Report and The Action Elite.
With
an experienced cast including William Forsythe and Fred Williamson,
Check Point had the makings of a cool independent action film.
Wrestler Bill Goldberg, who incidentally is back in WWE is the lead
in Check Point. Goldberg's character TJ is searching out a cell of
some sort of homegrown terrorism. The main issue is Goldberg just
does not have the acting chops nor the semse of urgency that is
required, in this film. Goldberg rides in town on a cruiser bike, he
is not riding angry nor is he riding dirty, Goldberg is just riding!
Check
Point is shot well, and solid directing from Thomas J. Churchill,
again the main issue is the time spent on the action and urgency is
really wasted. There is a few action sequences and Michelle C. Lee
who works in a restaurant has a somewhat interesting fight scene
about 55 minutes in. A director can only do so much when the source
material is not up to par with the desired result.
The
proficiency of the actors including Kenny Johnson and William
Forsythe, coupled with the cool settings cannot hide the fact that
Check Point fails to deliver a true action story and memorable action
sequences. The subject matter of homegrown terrorism is a great
concept, but in Check Point, it is merely window dressing to the film.
After
conducting a detailed interview with William Forsythe http://dansmoviereport.blogspot.com/2016/06/actor-william-forsythe-interview-c-2016.html and he
discussed the film and a bit of the behind the scenes, I perhaps had
too lofty of expectations. What amounts to an average film with a few
consistently good performances, yet the lack of real conflict and
urgency in the story detracts from the overall experience. Check
Point is perhaps worthy of a mild rent, but should be on Netflix
before long. Check Point rates a 5.5 out of 10, not bad, but not
great.
Above video: Check out actress Michelle C. Lee discussing the controversial nature of the Check Point.
