Before I'm Dead

Cerebral character study like no indie I've ever seen.

I've seen many indies with this kind of structure, but this one definitely stood out. Multiple genres here, but I'd call it a mystery before anything. Very enjoyable at a brisk 83 minutes.

After viewing the film, it's clear that the critics are primarily gun enthusiasts. The film itself isn't political at all. It's about how one man is severely dealing with agoraphobia after a mass shooting. There are some flashbacks to this shooting and its obviously negative, but it's not political. Obviously this will unsettles those who support gun rights. Don't let their opinions deter you. The film offers a compelling narrative, skillfully told and worth watching.

Disregard the negative reviews from gun advocates who are unfairly targeting this film. It's intriguing to observe the intense animosity directed at this modest production.

One must give credit to J. R. Sawyers for starring, directing and co-writing this mini-budgeted film as one has to assume that he thought he was onto something, but he wasn't. At least not anything comprehensible. It mostly initially seems like the mental meltdown of an agoraphobic man who suffered a terrible tragedy, but that's blown out of the water when another person "hallucinates" something similar, so perhaps the goings on are something supernatural?! There are also "events" that are date sequenced for our benefit so that we can understand what he is seeing also suggesting something supernatural, but the final scene kind of suggests something ghostly, but perhaps that's supernatural as well. Who knows. It holds your attention a bit as you try to understand what this is all about. I sure don't know, though I assume Sawyers does, but he is keeping it a secret from us.

This is one of those movies that needs a listening ear. It is great that is covers so many issues, grief and loss, fear, anxiety, mental health and a added touch of syfi. I think it was a good job well done and exploring agoraphobia and making it aware to viewers is well executed. This is a real fear and terrible condition for anyone to have. This movie gets such a poor rating and for silly reasons. I cannot say too much because I would not want to spoil this movie for anyone.

Not all syfi films need to be spaceships and aliens and Will Smith.

Great job to J R Sawyers, the writer director and star of the movie.