Black Road

Fun story. Easy to watch. They made it for 100k, so don't expect the moon. The main protagonist's life is a mess. It only gets worse tracking down an old lover and getting caught up in a living nightmare. Would have been cool to have more of the "android" functioning, but then his tension with this implant is also interesting. It's film-noir so the protagonist is fallible. The whole tone of the story is dark. The ending keeps you guessing about how things went down. Many of the negative comments here are ungrounded in the budget restrictions this crew had. It's absolutely amazing what they were able to accomplish for the price tag. T

I LOVE sci-fi, but this was absolutely horrible. The only thing interesting in this is the implant, which is turned off part of the time. The sex scenes are ridiculous, and it seems that they are there due to lack of material content. I really do not understand why some of them were in the movie at all. They did not add to the content or quality of the story. This could have been an interesting idea, but instead comes off as cheesy and not well thought out. The acting is underwhelming for some characters, and over the top for others. I really tried to like this movie, but found myself fast forwarding through most of it. This is supposed to be futuristic, but that is not believable in this movie. The character's situations seemed to be silly and confusing. Even the music was awful.

The plot is interesting, and I found Black Road to be an enjoyable film. There are almost no Sci-Fi elements, so this is more of a detective film set in a near future, than a Sci-Fi film.

There are a few special effects, that aren't too impressive, and some hints of magic which don't have much context so you can only try to guess where they are coming from, but still there is a decent amount of suspense.

Black Road presents you with conflicting information from two different sources and the fun part is trying to put together the puzzle before the protagonist does, and the film ends.

Other titles I've seen from Gravitas were just awful and with the 3.8 RT rating, I was expecting more blech. I was, instead, plesantly surprised.

It's not a super-budget blockbuster, by any means, but if you are capable of looking at things with an open mind and trying to see what the cast and crew were trying to make you just might enjoy this movie.

Beautiful scenery, ok soundtrack, ok plot, decent acting (not going to nab any awards, but not terrible), an interesting cyborg approach, and no supermen had me happy with this movie. Just dont go into it expecting an Iron Man or Black Panther level of movie and you may like it also.

I read all the reviews, and, sure, the acting is amateurish, but fine. The beautiful scenery could have been better exploited. And to take a theme like the breakdown of the US with potential to dig into the potential libertarian ideology of a future Jefferson state and exploit it so casually in an attempt at a noir thriller was a disappointment. And I did get the feeling like they were almost making up the story as they went along.

But there was some genuine creativity and originality poured into the film. It captured a mood. Left just enough to the imagination - not laying everything out for you. Nice self-deprecating digs at the rural Ecotopean counter-culture. Clever dialogue, particularly between the protagonist and his computer companion.

Credit for what it is - just a mellow piece of art with some nice ideas.