The Bastard Son

Making a film takes patience and time. This film fell flat on it's face. The editing was rushed, the sound was bad, the quality is not good as it looked like they used tinfoil as a tint. Most scenes you could not see the actors and the sound was so bad it might as well be an episode of Drunk History. If this was a comedy they nailed it. I am afraid it was not a comedy. 1 star for effort. Failure is constructive feedback that tells you to try a different approach to accomplish, they should have looked at editing this differently as well. Some scenes felt rushed and one scene tried to be funny but the only thing funny was the film.

I wanted to enjoy this film about vengeance out of redemption. The problem was it was distracting with the way it was filmed. The bastard son was impressive in the potential of how he portrayed his character. But it flopped due to bad editing, sound and how the movie was shot. Some scenes are louder than others. It also had a poor attempt to invoke comedy into the movie during a tense moment which I was confused about. The only thing I enjoyed was the acting by The Bastard Son. Everyone else seemed very amateurish like it was friends of friends thrown in the movie at as a courtesy. Or maybe this was a student film.

In this story the anti hero is someone you can genuinely sympathize with after viewing the event that sends him on a bloody Vendetta. Organized crime,Human Trafficking, and cold blooded murder are on full display,and the locales where the action scenes are filmed are outstandingly grim and neo noir-like,and they make you think this is happening right outside your window. Unfortunately I found some scenes very hard to follow,since some dialogue is too faint to hear. Many shots are out of focus. Others have the characters with their backs turned or their faces blotted out by by poor lighting, Or they're cut out of frame entirely. Some of the CGI could have been substituted with simple Practical FX and looked better. All in all this could have been a very good revenge story if more planning had been made by the film crew.

This film captures the raw essence of Bridgeport with a storyline that speaks the language of those that live there. I almost felt as if I were watching secret tapings from a phone left on- it only added to the intreigue of maybe knowing or seeing something I shouldn't be seeing or watching... it made it exciting.

The twists and turns in this dark story line are anyone's nightmare, and all the actors did an excellent job making this look first hand and completely believable.

Like a moment frozen in time, this story sticks with you- I enjoyed it very much and I feel it was made with certain grit and honesty you just don't get with your average "Hollywood Movie"- I applaud who made this movie and all who were involved. This is brave and fierce.

War is mainly a catalogue of blunders. This was an absolute blunder from start to finish. This was a poorly convinced idea that had bad acting, bad editing, bad sound. It looked like they had tinfoil on the camera to give it a tinted look. It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time. Saddly, enough this film was missing many chain links as one scene from another transcended into a bad acid trip or like some students decided to get together and make a film and run around in circles. This was the outcome. Either way everything was wrong. The way they filmed it was most distracting. The fight scenes were sloppy, one scene at a beach the lead actor was on his back and the next scene he magically was standing up. Watched this on Amazon, Oh boy this one needs work. If you think it's a good movie you must have your eyes closed during watching. It's a two rated movie for me.