Dormant

I had the pleasure of seeing it in the theatre. I'm pretty good at predicting movies. Just when I thought I had it figured out, there was a twist! I was on the edge of my seat the entire time. A must see production! Can't wait to see what's next!

Making his first ever full length film debut in theses departments, writer and director Julian Jay Burton also stars in this film, that is nothing new or unique and rather cliched. The directing is decent but the 96 min runtime felt like 2+ hours with the slow dragged out pacing. Acting was sub-par, but I'm sure that was from the lack of experience in directing his cast, especially when he's also part of that cast. Ambitious to wear so many hats on your first film, probably should have invested in sharing some of those responsibilities, instead of the current 3 (and I'm sure more to come) fake 9 &10/10 reviews. It's a 5/10 from me.

...for terribleness. Seriously, this may be the worst movie I've ever seen. The only reason I stuck with it was because my wife picked it so.... The dialog was as bad as I've ever seen and the acting was only slightly better. The plot was confusing at best and just plain confused at worse. Seriously, I feel like this was an hour and a half I'll never get back.

Jay Burton has a wonderfully plotted thriller here, it builds in an almost Hitchcock like way right up until the end (where Burton sucker punches you with the twist). Expertley shot film, I loved seeing my home state of Alabama filmed so beautifully. This film has complete rewatchability, Dormant is full of little bread crumbs many I missed the first time through. Definitely recommend if you are in the mood for something that is a cross between Hitchcock, a spy film, and some good old film noir.

I thought Julian did a great job for his first feature film. I will look forward to others from him. I give him an a for effort.