Silver Clutch

I read some of the other reviews and it seems that they are picking on some of the actors that they don't like. Kind of strange since this is supposed to be a review of the movie itself. The movie was really poorly made. Bad lighting, bad sound, poor editing. I've made several shorts that blew this out of the water and I never had a big screen debut! As far as the actors-several reviews said David Scott Diaz was amazing...I'm not sure what movie they were watching but he was amazingly bad. Strange performance. Most of the other actors followed his lead and made the storyline confusing. The best part for myself and my friends had to be the love scene between Zarek and Sonya. Wow! The movie was carried by the leading ladies (Lo and Marjorie)and lead actor Scott Goudie and Dominique Ryan Gabriel. The emotion that was shown by each one of these actors are all worth an award. This storyline is nothing new and just shows how desperate people are to try and make a movie. I gave it 2 stars. I hope to NOT see this on DVD and hope that it will go away. This isn't as bad of a review as most of them. I am in the business and have acted and directed, and edited my own films so I know what I'm talking about. I really think the majority of the problem lies on the director and editor and casting department. David's character should have been played by someone with a more Italian look and not such a whiteness to him. The makeup was horrible on him and I found myself looking at the mistakes instead of paying attention to the movie.

I'm giving this a 7 out of 10 because the acting overall was not that great. The story was just o.k. with lots of things that I just didn't understand. Scott Goudie carried the entire film with little help from the rest of the cast. His character "Zarek" was great. Reminded me of the old vampire flicks like Queen of the damned or Interview with the vampire. He really pulled off the mafia type with his personality and diverse acting. The rest of the cast seemed to be scared in front of the camera. Seemed at times to actually be "acting" so it wasn't believable. The white faced vampire guy, Cezar, was waaay overplayed. He seemed to always be trying to one up the rest of the cast. Yelling when it wasn't needed. Taking long breaks so the camera was on him too much and not focused on the actual scene or what was going on. Lots of lighting and sound issues. You actually see the director in several scenes and several actors look right at the camera during scenes which really gets rid of the impression that you're watching this unfold in front of you. I also saw the directors first film, which was a flop. This one was better with at least a decent actor running the show, but this will go nowhere. As a film maker, actor and director, this was just another home movie that shouldn't be on IMDb or in theaters or on DVD. I think it's time for the director, Kay Bouma, to retire, or stay with writing bad books. That's my review.

I was able to catch this movie twice at local theaters. It starts really slow, barely crawling to a start. After it kicks in and shows some action the movie is just about over. I found myself daydreaming and wondering when it would be over at the beginning, middle and was happy to see it end. When you think you're going to see the story take off it slows back down to a halt. The overall performances of the actors were o.k considering it was low budget.

David Scott played Cezar who is a hit man type of character for his boss Zarek, played by Scott Goudie. Davids performance is confusing at best. He does most of his lines trying to mimic a William Shatner's type of speech pattern. Stopping and starting, pausing where it didn't belong. His performance made me wonder what was going on and why he was talking like that. Overall he ruined the movie for me.

Brad Watts plays Desmond. He gives a very solid performance, showing emotion and energy when needed.

Ron Hilliard plays Stykes and does a really good job. Although there's a spot when he said he was shot in the chest when he was actually shot in the back!

The leading ladies do a great job. I overheard that this was their first time on the big screen so for that reason alone they were amazing.

The best performance overall had to come from actor, writer, director, Scott Goudie as the evil mafia boss vampire Zarek. He was in Transformers, Real steel several blockbusters. After reading his biography on IMDb I saw how big of a talent he was.

How they got him to be in a low/no budget movie is incredible. He carriedthe movie throughout and I only wish that he was in more of the movie. If they had someone with this level of talent they should have used him more and made the movie around him. I'm only assuming they got him before he turns into a superstar. Instead they tried to involve too many people and stretch out the storyline.

I think this will be the last we see of director Kay Bouma. Kay is a writer. This was her second film with her first as another low/no budget vampire movie. I think 3rd one's a charm...but when it comes to making movies, it's time to move on and stick to writing books.

I was able to catch this movie while visiting Michigan for my sisters soccer game a couple of weeks ago. Scott loaned me his copy and wanted my honest feedback. We talked in detail about the film but here is a taste. I didn't expect much because he told me it was a no budget film. Not even a low budget! I was pleasantly surprised. Lighting and sound aside the story was interesting. Something a little different. Scott was for sure on top of his game and showed a ton of emotion and acting ability as the vampire mafia boss. I think we'll see a lot of him in the future. He's a great actor and person. I think this film will get picked up by a production company and we'll hopefully be able to see it on DVD or it will go overseas. The best part for me was to see the different areas of Grand Rapids that were showcased. Kind of cool to see that in a local film. Good luck to everyone involved. I don't like to see the negative feedback that's being posted on this, especially because it was a no budget film. I think this was great considering everyone worked for free, for 2 years!

A movie about vampires that only has one of the characters that resembles a vampire? 2 love stories crammed in over an hour of painful AMATEUR first time actors who look as if they're reading off cue cards. The dark haired whiny voiced girl who looks 40 trying to be a 20 year who played Katherine and The annoying Sylvester Stallone Brooklyn accent wannabe who played Nick absolutely CRUSHED this movie. I really wanted to give this movie a higher review but since these 2 amateurs took up most of film..not even the good actors in this movie could save this. Bad Sound, horrible effects, poor editing..the list goes on. Too many characters involved with poor development. Who names a movie about a SILVER Purse??? And then expects it to be a hit? I wasted money attending this premiere. I can't say I didn't warn you..