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This film is amazing. Somehow these guys made a comic-book film epic on an independent level. It's like Sin City's little brother but set in a seemingly alternate present where people beat each other up and giant wishing wells come alive and eat people. The film speeds along at a ridiculous pace introducing eight or so character that look as if they came right from some messed up Lovecraftian fantasy camp.There's an Irish thug, a hundred year old Ex-Nazi, punk-ed out priest, a jar head, a bad ass Zen master and the list goes on and on. The characters are dark, cool, violent and funny. You want to hate them but you feel for them too. The fight scenes are great. Lot's of gore lots of jokes. This film has got to be the next Army of darkness

It's like The Garden State meets a David Mamet flick. A great little film about small town folks trying to make sense of it all. I got to see it in NY a few years back and it was a real treat. The New England images are beautiful in a rustic way. I love the look of 16mm film. The whole film is like that, the characters are rich yet flawed just like the medium. This film is probably the last generation of Independent films to be shot on film and in that sense it should be respected. I personally feel happy that I got to see it because I haven't seen it anywhere since NY. These Hale Manor boys have a lot of heart and I hope we see more of them.