Pockets

A man phones his girlfriend and being desperate for money decides to mug a passer-by

A three minute short and what sort of threadbare story is it possible to tell within that period of time ? It's a one trick pony but boy oh boy is this pony a thorough bred . Like so many other films I watch I came in to it without any prejudice , hopes or knowledge as to what it was about with is a lot different from going to watch a film you've been looking forward to see at the cinema . I don't want to give anything away but when the plot turn was revealed I literally mouthed " WTF " ? In some ways it's a bit like the " I'm crushing your head " character from the Canadian sketch show KIDS IN THE HALL , except this short is genuinely amusing . Yeah there's no explanation why this is happening or how it's happening but that is not the point . My only negative comment is that the protagonist is a mugger and may be it's a pity we no longer have Charles Bronson and Robert Ginty with us who could given the audience a surreal twist on DEATH WISH or THE EXTERMINATOR

"Pockets" is an almost cartoon-like short film--one that is really funny, well made and the special effects are amazing!

It begins with some poor guy planning on robbing someone in order to buy a nice meal for his woman. However, he ends up picking the wrong guy, as this guy seems to have magic pockets! You really, really have to see what I mean by this--and I don't want to say more, as it might spoil the picture.

In many ways, this film is a descendant of cartoons by Tex Avery and other wild and wacky cartoon makers of long ago. But it manages to take one gag that you might see in a cartoon and make an entire cartoon around it--and yet it never becomes dull! Very funny and very surreal.