The Razor's Edge

To the credit of this short film, it was well shot, and deservedly won the prize for best cinematography at tropfest. Having said that, the film is a pointless waste of time. The movie is a fight scene. We have no reason why this hobo is fighting a whole bunch of people, or why they are fighting him. No motivation is given. So without this information there is no point to this movie. At all. Further we didn't know whether the anonymous henchmen were just completely hopeless fighters or whether this hobo was indeed Chuck Norris. As tropfest movies go this was definitely the filler movie. I and every other person in the Domain that evening was wondering what we had just seen. It took a minute to set in just what, exactly, we had witnessed. 7 minutes of crud. Crud in a very pure form. Pointless crud. 7 minutes i'll never ever ever get back. I and all the other people watching the movie that night were robbed of 7 minutes of our lifetime. Criminal.

Razor's edge, a film about a hobo, a dead girl, her baby and some goons, is one of those few short films that really stands out. Created on a shoestring budget, the movie could almost be a scene from a high-budget Hollywood action movie, and yet, it works as a self-contained unit as well. Featuring some great first-take fight scenes, the baby-holding hobo ass-kicks his way through a small arsenal of dastardly foes, until the unexpected, poignant finale which I won't spoil here. The award-winning cinematography also set this short film above the rest. Masterfully shot and edited in stunning locations, Razor's edge is a lesson to all aspiring filmmakers who want the look and feel of a professional movie on a short-film budget.