Plank Face

As Descartes opined, man (and thus his mores) is essentially the sum of his past experiences. Plank Face is premised on whether a traumatic experience wipe out that person and and more pertinently his mores. Indie director Scott Schirmer poses this question in a well paced suspenceful admospheric woodlands setting, done largely through excellent cinematography using very little dialogue (reminiscent of Hagazussa). The suspense is retained by the question remaining open to the very end. The traumatic event could have been counted over a great period of time which would have added Greater realized, but all and all, a great film done on a lower than $ 10 000 budget.

No pun intended - and I may be exaggerating with the genius part ... maybe. But it is a movie where I think you won't have no feelings about. You'll either be fully on board or you will hate this. Yes I think that it will make you feel strong about it! No doubt about that.

Because the movie - well it is more than just a horror movie. More than a slasher - if you even would call it that. Because while it may look that way in the beginning - well you will find out quite quickly, there is more to it. And there is some foreshadowing to the main character. And boy he is brave ... he goes places ... I am not sure many would have the ... well you know what to do what he does. If I said tennis balls, would it make sense and not be offensive? We'll find out I assume. One thing is for sure, the movie has a lot of nudity, but also a lot of sick stuff ... this is definitely not for the sensitive people out there ... legacy? Maybe ... but definitely psychologically complex ...

If you follow any of Scott Schirmer's work, you will be familiar with a couple more effective titles, such as Found and Harvest Lake. These are examples where low-to-no budget can be great entertainment, if not just a bizarre experience to hold your attention. The questionable title aside, this one was great, all things considered. It's done on a very limited budget, but the heart is in it, the actors are giving 100% of their ability, and it just ends up working. The actors are comfortable in their skin and their ability to be fearless with the script really adds a lot to this premise. Even though it's hit and miss on what the Ellie Church posse comes up with, they put in the effort as independent film makers. Plank Face is not perfect. There's a lot of missing lore that would otherwise fill in many plot holes or plausibility acceptance (and would risk the runtime becoming too long), but I did enjoy this one without getting hung up on the details. The acting, direction, ending, and overall production made this one of the better ones in I/Low Budget category.

Good start but went down right from where it begins to be interesting. No story and too many flaws makes this film trash. I was disappointed hoping something will be interesting to come up but it goes worst as the film proceeds. It was a waste of time invested. 4/10.

Thought it was a slasher/violence+horror movie. But guess not. Only the first few minutes of the movie had some killing/torture, then some when the movie is about to conclude. Everything was so kinky. Full frontal nudity from both male and females, graphic and disturbing sex scenes. Not so much to see. Just nude cannibals and graphic sex. Maybe that was what the movie wanted us to see. Pornography would be the best word to be used to describe this movie. Imagine you are a man and you have three females around you and one day they remove their clothes in front of you (not in this one). Don't know why the rating is so low, doesn't deserve all the hate. Not so many movies can be so graphic and sexually explicit like this one these days.