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The title lays it on the line - this is a violent no-budget-and-no-frills shocker. The question remains though, is that enough to make a good film?
Joe Carnahan wrote, produced, directed and starred in this schlock crime story (apparently made for only $7,300). Two fast-talking car salesmen - Sid (Joe Carnahan) and Bob (Dan Leis) - are minding their own business and slowly going bust. Out of the blue someone offers them a deal: if they keep a car on their lot for a few days they get $250,000. The catch is that under no circumstances must they look in the boot. They will be watched at all times. Of course, they get greedy, things get complicated and soon the bullets come thick and fast.
The most striking aspect of this film is not the violence, but the sheer volume of stylistic references to other directors. Joe Carnahan is clearly immersed in the mystique of punk-indie directors, from Quentin Tarantino to Alex Cox. From the garrulous blue-collar losers, random violence, yawning moral ambiguity, and even the mystery in the car boot (Repo Man) we have seen it all before. In plundering wholesale from the recent canon of low budget cult classics he ultimately ends up looking derivative.
There is no doubting Carnahan has cinematic flair as he imaginatively uses quick cuts, frantic camera angles, and slices between film grade to heighten the tension. But unfortunately even this inventive trickery can't hide the film's fundamental lack of originality in either plot or character development.
