This Old Machine

I can't relate to the low opinions and star ratings. I'm convinced that the director executed his artist and story-telling vision. The movie portrays high, messy humanity at its worst, and the actors come across as real-life individuals -- no make-up, no beautiful people, no perfect statements/lines,... no contrivances. The acting was real people talking as real people talk and real people do. I feel Henriksen was particularly effective. This movie is life with a little 'l' delivering Life with a big 'L' truth about the human condition. I found it engaging and effective at establishing and sustaining authentic dramatic tension. I still don't like shaky-cam, but here I think it worked; and, sure, there was loose end or two remaining, but life has loose ends, and the story remained focused.

Kept hanging on thinking I would get some satisfaction but it never happened..Story is full of unexplained holes..The 2 actors I recognized should have never agreed to that movie,it just puts them closer to unemployment

I should have read the reviews first. OMG could they have kept shots on a person with no dialogue for any longer?? As a filmmaker who has made NO BUDGET to low budget, this was amateur hours with recognizable talent. Someone give me the amount that this film was made on and I will make 2 better films. Writing, directing and acting from the smaller names was horrible. I couldn't give less than one star or I would have given NONE.

Those reviewers who said you should watch a wall instead were right. A total waste of time.

For sure this isn't a masterpiece, for sure the movie is even boring most of the time, but there's still some interesting sequences and some correct acting. When I've see the rating was under 2 stars I was kinda surprised! Particularly when some Asylum movies have a way better overall ratings! Honestly this movie is way better than 99% of the Asylum titles and deserve to have a less negative rating. I can't strongly suggest to have a try but if you have an opportunity to watch it don't be too repulsed with this idea, particularly if you like Lance Henriksen.

My real rating is probably 3.5 out of 10, the 5 is only to correct the awful overall rating over Imdb.