Cut to the Chase

This is truly an exciting, action packed noir thriller. The writing is engaging and the actors have the chemistry to pull off the surprising twists and turns of the story. Blayne Weaver writes, directs, and stars in this exciting addition to your action films portfolio. His ability to choose the right cast once again comes through with an amazing, believable adventure. Lance Henriksen is a perfect bad guy as he gives life to the villain of the underworld, The Man. Cut to the Chase is the first action thriller that Weaver has brought to the screen, following Six Month Rule, Weather Girl, Outside Sales, and Manic. You won't be disappointed!

Well, of course I opted to sit down to watch the 2016 movie "Cut to the Chase" here in 2021, when I was given the chance to watch it. Sure, I hadn't even heard about the movie, so I didn't know what I was in for. But the fact that the movie had Lance Henriksen on the cast list was sufficient enough to win me over.

Throughout the course of this ordeal of a movie, I have to admit that I was sort of thinking 'cut to the interesting part'. But that just never happened, and the movie just trotted on in a very bland and monotonous pace, with a storyline that had very little appeal to me. And as were the characters, bland and mundane, and offering nothing worthwhile to the audience.

Your patience will be sorely tested when you sit down to watch "Cut to the Chase", and I have to admit that I struggled through it, and I gave up with about 30 minutes left to watch. But by then, I was just bored out of my mind and I literally had no interest in the storyline or the wooden characters that milled about on the screen with no sense of purpose or direction.

I never figured out what writer and director Blayne Weaver was gunning for with this 2016 crime thriller. It was particularly thrilling or interesting.

The acting in the movie was adequate I suppose, but the actors and actresses had literally nothing to work with in terms of a proper script, interesting characters or even a movie that had any sense of direction or proper pacing to it. So it was a losing uphill battle for the cast.

My rating of "Cut to the Chase" lands on a three out of ten stars. This was a swing and a miss movie in terms of it providing me with entertainment. And it is definitely not a movie that I will be returning to watch the remaining 30 minutes of.

This is a movie that will make you want to go for a nice jog the next day due to all the popcorn you will be stuffing in your face while watching. All the cast Was great and the Crime/Drama movie remind me of how actions movies used to be in the 90s which make this awesome. Props to Blayne Weaver for this one! I don't know how he chooses the cast he does in this but it works well. Lance Henriksen is such a wonderful choice in this as a top bad ass. Blayne Weaver was great as max because he is a character you want to hate but cant. You want him to fail but also succeed for certain reasons. You will Not feel bad for him in some instances and other you will. Anyways I don't need to give out more detail. This is just definitely worth a watch.

This movie is an edge of the seat type experience. It is formulaic, but the formula has worked forever, and the screenwriter throws enough curve balls, to make it original. Nobody in this film is perfect, as it is in life. I saw a Question and Answer session with 9 of the crew members and they are all dedicated to the craft in a way that leads me to believe that this writer/ director Blayne Weaver is going somewhere good. The cinematography and film editing were exceptional. Tim Smith, stuntman and actor also has a future…..He was wonderful….

From the opening scene with Blayne Weaver (Actor/Director/Star) and Lance Henriksen, I was hooked. Both of them acted so well opposite one another and the dialogue was crisp and lighting was beautiful. The camera-work throughout was top notch for an indie film and looked lovely. The editing serviced the fight scenes and action well. Often times indie films do not quite get the camera angles or speed right with action scenes and it looks a little off. Weaver and his team did a great job with this aspect and the pacing of the entire film was very tight. Even the locations were very ripe with their own character. This is not normally a genre of film I am into as much but this one kept me intrigued throughout.

The story is pretty straightforward. Down on his luck Max Chase is out of jail and pulled right into a situation in which his sister is kidnapped and he has to go find her. This will not be an easy thing to do and somehow I do not think his parole officer would forgive the things he goes through in his attempts. Whether it was worth it and pays off, you will have to see.

I was not totally into a later twist but the film worked well enough that it did not overly bother me. All of the other actors did a great job and the two main females in the film (Cahill and Green) kicked ass! Green is currently tearing up the screen in Sleepy Hollow as well. I can picture any of these actors holding their own in bigger films and this film should help continue to propel them forward.

The great thing about this indie film is that it feels like it had a much higher budget than it did. Weaver talked about the film afterwards and with private investors and Kickstarter money, they were able to fund it and it looks 10x better than you would expect with the money they had. I love seeing indie films that just land with you and this is certainly one of them. It also makes me want to seek out other films by the director which is always a good sign. Keep an eye out for this one, I do imagine it will be widely available in the near future.