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 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.

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..

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!

Silver Clutch in my opinion doesn't remind me of the "Godfather" as its used in the tagline, but actually is more of an adult version of Stephanie Meyer's "Twilight" but a lot lower of a budget. The movie has its goods and bads. I gave this an 8 out of 10 based on effort and the fact I actually enjoyed a few actors in this movie. The story is nothing new with a dragged out love story that seems to be a confused version of Edward and Bella in Twilight. The movie opens with a really cool flashback in the 1800's that fades from black and white to color. 2 men approach a women and young boy..one happens to be a vampire that's really thirsty killing off the women and boy within the first few minutes of the film. After this happens the movie goes to present time and the story moves pretty fast paced with a nice score. What helped and hurt this movie was lack of talent and poor Filmography. I truly enjoyed Cezar, who in my opinion..Stole the show..Superb acting from David Scott Diaz who is in Touchback with Kurt Russell. Brad Watts "Desmond" who has numerous short film credits and Richard Raphael "Dante" who has a nice credit list as well, also made this little flick fun to watch. What I agree with in previous reviews and most would after the movie was premiered is that the female leads were off beat and awful the entire movie and should not have been cast, including Scott Goudie who cannot act to save his life. This story wasn't original but it worked and was the most intriguing and enjoyable aspect of Silver Clutch. Id rent it and hope it gets a national DVD release.