Down Time

Some unique artfull presentations of character by the lead surrounded by some of the worst acting I have ever seen. Felt Like I was watching "Clerks" at the beginning. Pretty much an experience movie with out much direction. If you like hard criminals and edgy incarceration images, you will love this movie. Worth the watch. Not a chick flick I would say.

Down Time is a story of a dude too cool for school who trips up and lands in hell on earth. It's a prison film with harsh news about the murderous violence, drug addiction and idiot boredom of an inmate's life. The movie is shocking, frightening, disgusting, at moments bleakly funny and always interesting. An ensemble of young actors provide a number of inspired characterizations.

Filmed in lo-fi black-and-white with a muscular thrash soundtrack, the look and sound of Down Time is perfect for it's gritty, downbeat storyline.

I found this movie provocative and gritty. sometimes it moved along a little too slow for my taste but as a viewer of many films, i was completely impressed with the story the filmmaker introduced us to and the style in which he did so. there are some very funny moments and some very disturbing moments. for a first film on a shoe string budget, this director shows much potential for great future projects. good luck!

I have seen Downtime 7 times and it still holds my attention. A powerful independent film about the reality of prison life. Good camera angles, music, and some accomplished acting. I wait with interest to see another film by this director.

This is film that clearly shows it's budgetary limitations. It has stretches of muddy audio and some of the acting is pretty bad. Given that, I still like this movie. It has a raw scrappy feel, great dialog and some very evocative characters.

You get a tremendous sense of the tug-o-war between good and evil, raging inside the head of slim (the main character). The film starts off with a bang, and, although it lags a bit in the middle, there is enough humor and character development to carry us along. The scenes with the main convicts sitting around playing cards passing the time are funny and believable. I found myself almost laughing out loud. After that the film starts to meander a bit but pulls it together in the end and manages to deliver a anti drug message. Over all I would recommend it but know going in this is a low budget independent film.