I LOVE Pedro Pascal. I LOVE Pedro Almodovar. I really like Ethan Hawke. So I was really excited when I heard about this short film. Perhaps that's why I was so disappointed in it, I had such high hopes. But it is just very much no bueno.
Because it's such a short film there's not a lot of time for character development - I'm aware that makes things tricky. But pretty much the whole 30 min is the two main characters having expository conversation. Then a few minutes of action, more exposition, the end.
There is one flashback scene with two actors who look nothing like Pedro and Ethan. So that was a bit odd too.
The dialogue, besides being almost purely expository, was stilted and awkward.
The whole thing was awkward and just not good. I'm giving it 5 stars because at least it was only 30 minutes and only cost $3 to watch. If it had been a full-length feature that I'd paid more to see, I would probably give this 2 stars. Lo siento.
Because it's such a short film there's not a lot of time for character development - I'm aware that makes things tricky. But pretty much the whole 30 min is the two main characters having expository conversation. Then a few minutes of action, more exposition, the end.
There is one flashback scene with two actors who look nothing like Pedro and Ethan. So that was a bit odd too.
The dialogue, besides being almost purely expository, was stilted and awkward.
The whole thing was awkward and just not good. I'm giving it 5 stars because at least it was only 30 minutes and only cost $3 to watch. If it had been a full-length feature that I'd paid more to see, I would probably give this 2 stars. Lo siento.