War Path

Quite possibly one of the worst films ever. The acting was worse than a high school play, the sound engineering was amateurish at best, unintelligible at worst. Lead actress was very beautiful, but looks aren't everything. The story languishes around crooked cop story and treacherous friends but 10 minutes in you really don't even care about that part, and just hope everybody dies in the next scene so you can move on. This has to have been a passion project for someone's well connected child. I fast forwarded through most of the movie just to see if everybody would die in the end, don't waste your time. Actual rating is a minus 10 stars! Only reason I'm writing a review is to warn others that they don't waste the 15-20 minutes that I did.

I'm not normally the type to watch indie films, especially with the varying quality that can come with it. However, I saw War Path on the advice of a friend and greatly enjoyed it!

Plot-wise, it won't change the world but it fits comfortably in the Hitman-gets-revenge genre and has a labyrinth story that mostly answers the questions it puts forth, even if it can get a bit convulated at times. The story goes in and out of time, so it keeps your interest and juts forward head first.

Acting-wise, the cast is pretty strong, anchored by Gary Nohealii as Joel, the lead. He's great in the role, holding my sympathy even when he's doing cruddy things and the rest of the cast fills their spots well.

The movie has a lot of fun action, moves briskly, and packs a lot into a brief runtime. Highly recommended!

I really enjoyed this revenge action film. It had all the deception and blood and humor to keep me guessing what's coming next. Lissa Keigwinn is great as Elena. Micheal Uimari is scary as hell playing a tough crime kingpin. Gary Nohealii carries the film as iron tough Joel Carrero. If you're into bloody action films, the quick pace and good performances by the cast will keep you guessing what comes next.

No one should miss this film. I agree with other reviewers here, it's an easy 10. Sets out to accomplish a valuable goal, and does so very convincingly, very gracefully.

Each character is very interesting and well acted. As in any significant narrative, the characters actually develop before your eyes, and change.

The setting, the landscape is very beautiful. Excellent music suiting the region. Nice, subtle touches of humor despite the grimness of what transpires.

Hope this one becomes more well-known, by word of mouth.

I read that the plot of War Path started as an entry in a music video. It should have ended there. I can't decide if the script or the acting was worse. A free-lance hitman wants revenge after his employer threatens, then kidnaps his wife. At least I think that was the plot.

Obviously, the budget was extremely low as basic cinematography standards were ignored. Things like lighting, consistent audio or even using a decent cinema camera was evidently too much for the crew. So many of the scenes were definitely not color graded. I didn't know if that was supposed to be the director's "technique," or they just forgot to white-balance the camera. You can always tell a low budget movie as they just love, love, love unnecessary close-ups. And so many shaky handheld shots.

I've watched enough "hidden gems" in the indie film genre to know that this isn't one of them.