Greetings
valued Dan's Movie Report and Action-Flix.com readers, across my desk
today came a new film from the mind of Producer/Writer/Director
Robert D Parham called 'Snow Black' . The film will be unleashed soon
on Maverick Entertainment. Robert allowed me to the first to review
the film so this will be a very preliminary no spoiler review. I
spoke with Robert and star Sarah V Buckner, and in the coming months
they will both have in depth interviews about the film.
Synopsis:
Sarah Camden, a special operations soldier with PTSD, returns home to
bury her mother. She realizes that she has to rid her hometown of
gangs, drugs and crooked politicians. Sarah calls in her special ops
buddies to clean up the town.
Essentially
Snow Black is a film about a new, and very dangerous drug out on the
streets that the police are unable to stop the transfer and sale of.
Robert D Parham plays a police detective Thomas Kellar assigned to
the case. Actually his story is not the focus, but comes in later.
The main focus is Sarah V. Buckner's character Sarah Camden and her
family. She is a sassy, tough and no nonsense lady. Robert told me he
was looking for this type of woman to play her, rather than having
someone pretend. Buckner did a great job playing the complex and
damaged character, having to run the gamete of emotions throughout
the film.
Sarah
after losing her mom has to identify another family member lost to
drugs and this sends her spiraling into a fit of rage. Her father
Jerrod Camden played by Ron Van Clief sets a more somber and
realistic tone attempting to dampen her rage.
The
plot aside which is simple enough to understand, yet interesting
enough to keep the viewer engaged ramps up the action with some
fighting and gun play interspersed throughout the story. Veteran
actress Gloria Hendry gets in on the fray as well. Also there is a
somewhat bumbling but always violent 'The Fox Squad' that leave
bodies and a mess behind, and get yelled at by their commander.
Actress Vejouhn Olsen-Mariette looks tough, menacing, yet enticing!
Snow
Black avoids the typical indie movie issues, as Robert does not use
nudity in his films, also the team never diverts from the story by
under or non developed side plots. Snow Black has much of the same
feel as Paraham's earlier effort 'Jackson Bolt' in that regard, but
the story is far different.
Veteran
actress Gloria Hendry has a scene which is an homage to her role as
Sydney in Black Belt Jones. Hendry also starred in the Bond film
'Live and Let Die' as Rosie. Hendry adds an air of panache and
sparkle to every production she has worked on.
All of
the behind the scenes work, sets, lighting, editing are solid and
looks like a far higher budget then it actually was. Time was taken
to edit to a tight 84 minute film, though I am sure more was filmed.
A major gripe of mine is when a film just runs too long and a lot of
the time is spent wasted either by sticking with a scene too long or
the transitional period is too slow, Snow Black does neither and
flows.
My
only gripe is minor and that involves some character spacing in
certain shots. It seems like the confrontations were not as in your
face as they could be, aside from the first scene that was. When one
character during a fight wielding a four section staff confronts
another who has a pair of wooden handled police fighting sticks it
seems too staged. Some of the fighting is a bit slow, but obviously
the training level varies from actor to actor, and being indie there
was just not enough time to get everyone up to the same level.
The
music is excellent, and fitting to the story. Look for the sound
track on Sony soon!
The
story, acting, action of Snow Black make for an entertaining watch,
small quips aside, Snow Black rates a 7.5 out of 10 and worthy of a
purchase when it becomes available later in 2020!
Please visit the official Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/snowblackmovie/
Maverick Entertainment: https://www.maverickentertainment.cc/
Watch for more exclusives later in 2020 including interviews with Robert D Parham and Sarah V Buckner!
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