One and the Same

Heard about this film on the local news, decided to check it out. I'm a big fan of indie films and I have to be honest, this movie was not what I expected. The budget was only $350k, it was shot in Baja, here's the kicker, they shot the whole film in 18 days! I was expecting bare bone production, I was wrong.

This film is grand, multiple locations, large cast, stunts, some CGI and it all looks clean. The story is solid, some very seasoned actors and great cinematography. Great production value, professional editorial, original score and clean sound.

I've seen multimillion dollar Hollywood production that were trash, kudos to the team on this film, it's seriously impressive what you've done with such a small budget.

The outline of the story is great. However, they add too much filler in the beginning, as they try to explain the climax. 50% of the first 3/4 of the story could be taken out, and that time used in the end, and this could have gotten more stars. If you're okay with a slow movie that has a good ending, then you may enjoy this.

It's not a Hollywood blockbuster but it was a good movie. Kind of hard to follow at first but after it all evolved it all made sense in the end. Very suspenseful and action packed held me in there for a while. White, Plummer, Day, and Fling seemed to be the seasoned actors of the film but truly all of the cast did a great job. The postproduction was very established as well.

Because only someone related to those involved with this mess would rate it so highly.. 🙄 Except for Plummer the rest need a lot more experience in acting.. The mom especially was tough to take.. Over wrought and way over played.. Some of the crap acting is on the script and some on the directing.. Shades of Dead Again, but very diluted shades.. The seeds were there and I'm all for exploring past life connections, but this was all over the place and just poorly executed in every way.. Maybe the writer and director were in constant conflict because one was channeled from a past/alternate life, but they just never managed to work it out.. Too bad.. None of the characters were likable and with nobody to root for it's hard to be invested emotionally or curiously.. Its all pretty much sub conscious id manifesting thru emotional reaction with no sense of logic or self reflection.. In any case 5 is being generous only because I want to root for anything dealing with consciousness.. Go watch Dead Again or The Reincarnation of Peter Proud or even better What Dreams May Come.. Now that was brilliance of depth on a similar subject matter..! Cheers.

Layers of mystery and twists will keep you intrigued. If you enjoy smart plots you'll really like this movie. Don't blink or you'll miss it! Great indie production.