Dynamite Swine

2010
1h 12m

IMDb RATING

7.5/10

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Dynamite Swine is a raucous comedy about two down-on-their luck gamblers who try to save a Â“hair salon for the homelessÂ” Â– which soon leads them deep into debt to a sadistic Russian quadriplegic. With less than 12 hours to get the cash they need, our leads join forces with their well-meaning (but bumbling) friends, quickly going from truck heist to poker tourney, their fates eventually hanging on the flip of a card Â– and, quite possibly, on a pig named Porky. Starring Stephen Millunzi, Matt Leuthe, Ed Flanagan, Kyle Bornheimer, Roosevelt Larks and Lily Asinovsky.

Dynamite Swine premiered April, 2010. Since then, it has been to 24 festivals and won 18 awards. Music by Eric Cohn (all rights reserved).

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When two gamblers try to save a "hair salon for the homeless," they fall deep into debt to a sadistic quadriplegic and have less than 12 hours to get the cash they need to save themselves, t... Read allWhen two gamblers try to save a "hair salon for the homeless," they fall deep into debt to a sadistic quadriplegic and have less than 12 hours to get the cash they need to save themselves, the salon and, quite possibly, a pig named Porky.When two gamblers try to save a "hair salon for the homeless," they fall deep into debt to a sadistic quadriplegic and have less than 12 hours to get the cash they need to save themselves, the salon and, quite possibly, a pig named Porky.

Director
- Mark Poisella
Writers
- Mark Poisella
- Kirk Cunningham
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IMDb RATING

7.5/10

YOUR RATING

Director
- Mark Poisella
Writers
- Mark Poisella
- Kirk Cunningham
Stars

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See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win total

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8robcat2075

A festival surprise.

I saw "Dynamite Swine" at the 2010 JamFest Indie Film Festival in Hammond, Louisiana and was quite impressed with it.

It's a bit of a caper movie revolving around the premise of a guy who has gone one hand too far in his gambling and now has an impossibly short time to figure out how to retire an impossibly large debt owed to an impossibly onerous villain.

Best of all it's a funny film. There are parts where almost every cut is adding a new amusing element. It's possible the body of the film is perhaps too funny as there's no way to tie everything up at the end and top what has come before.

There are moments where the acting performances get a bit too stagey and tip into camp but the fast pace prevents any of those from being dwelled upon too long.

I'm sure this must have been done on a small budget but it's not painfully obvious and it's not detrimental to the flow of the film. I'd compare this to the early shoestring films of Robert Townsend or Robert Rodriguez except that it's more entertaining.