Caretakers

Ok.. I didn't know where this film was going but I was interested to see. Sure enough, it really delivered and where it went took me by surprise. The acting was good and no one gave too much away. Usually I can guess who villains are or who is going to do what in movies like this, but I was usually wrong watching this. That was fun.

Even though I was into it the whole time, I wanted more action sequences. That would have rounded it out more but it still really took me by surprise which I appreciate because that's rare. Giving a higher score as I don't think they had the budget to add more attack scenes/action. Good fun movie.

Low budget oddity written, directed and starring George Loomis, a nice looking young man who gives a pretty decent performance as a med student who gets too involved with a patient for his own good. For a while I was under the impression that I was seeing a film about the ethical dilemma of how close medical personnel should get to their patients, but it turns out to be something quite different than that and while intriguing, I'm not sure a lot of it is very logical or makes sense, though I must admit it did leave me with a lot of questions and puzzlements to mull over, but the more I thought about it, the less logical it became. Apparently, this was originally titled Caretakers. Not at all sure why the title change, but Caretakers seems a bit more appropriate.

I'm not even sure how this movie ended up in my watch list but I'm glad it did.

I don't want to give anything away but I can tell you this is a story which doesn't go where you expect. Jones, as played by writer - director George Loomis is a character who is looking for a meaning in his work. A medical student working his hours and he is the real star here. He's surrounded by a cast of competent B and C list faces you've seen before. His character is both earnest and a little lost.

The whole movie feels like it occupies a territory in between thriller, indie and medical drama and, although clearly done on a fairly low budget , manages into occupy the space well.

I see that other reviews are split between 10 stars and very low ... I'm giving it 8. It is a worthy first feature. I'm definitely looking forward to seeing what Mr Loomis writes next.

Thr story is well written from beginning to the end! I give the movie not 10 point because of the acting. Other then that, good movie!!

One of the slowest, worst movies I've ever seen. The acting by most of the so-called actors is awful, especially that of the "star", George Loomis. Christopher Cousins is OK, and a couple of the others are OK, but the majority are simply awful, with unrealistic situations and a totally unbelievable script. Don't waste your time on this film.