In Your Face

The movie In Your Face, aka Splat!, was one of the first paintball movies. In a movie sense however, it was too close to an independent film than a box office. The concept of paintball was brought to life well in this movie, and added a drama suspense to it with characters like The Phantom.

Todd and his 4 close friends enjoy playing paintball, and do so on a daily basis, except that Todd's older sister is too controlling over his free time. When the team play against Ray's team (a bully with an attitude problem), one of their teammates drops, and so they are left with 4. Ray's cousin Kelly decides to join Todd's team to make them a 5 person team again. While practicing, they encounter The Phantom, an anonymous paintball legend who shows them a few tricks. Later on, he joins to become their coach, and helps them train for a local paintball tournament.

7 out of 10. Some shots were well done, and the reality was good. Camera adjustments needed work, but this movie would have made theaters if a veteran directed had worked with it. All paintball players should see this movie.