Review by gideon-12

With Razor Blade Smile what director Jake West has attempted to do is to take on the hollywood blockbuster but with no money. I understand the production budget was a mere £20,000. Now far from being heralded as a new and rare talent to be nurtured and encouraged many of the reveiws seem to be unable to take this simple fact into account. Yes the acting is truly awful, but within the visuals and structural dynamic of the film we can clearly see that the director at worst has flair and more likely is gifted. Cinema is about spectacle, be it emotional, visual or action based. This is where Mr West has come a cropper because without any emotional spectacle (due to script and performance inadequacies) all that the director is left with is visuals and action. £20-000 is never going to be adequate to fill this void but through clever editing and in places inspired cinematography what we are left with is a tongue in cheek romp through a genre that is old and tired.