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Malcolm is a confident, good-looking and successful couples therapists working in Las Vegas, whose outlook has been changed by his work: he lives only in the moment, having "moments" with ladies he encounters but not willing to give himself up to a relationship, because he believes love is a lie. At night he works as a sort of vigilante tracking down people cheating on their partner, filming it and exposing it to the other partner, who may or may not suspect the truth anyway.

The film is produced, directed and stars Markiss McFadden as Malcolm, with a good cast who provide interest outside of the main story. The pacing, direction and development are all confidently handled. The music also adds to the overall quality of the film. The story itself is a little unbelievable (would a successful therapist really risk everything in order to show people the truth of their lives?) but given the premise there are enough twists and turns to keep one engaged.

It is certainly a confidently-made film, and I will be looking for other works by the same actor/director. The only thing I thought unnecessary was the sexually explicit scenes, which were not needed for the film to work, for that reason I give it 7/10 rather than 8/10.

I was surprised to find no critics reviews, no wikipedia page, and only one user review as I am writing, as this is a very inventive, well written and well acted film.

Especially Tom Zembrod's character as the bootlegger Ogg is particularly good, but all the acting is, even though most are off beat characters, or played in an offbeat way.

The plot revolves around Joey Folsom's character as Cronus Jones who wakes up in a ramshackle laboratory without any memory of how he got there. The story unfolds as he tries to piece together what happened.

If you like quirky stories and characters I think you will enjoy this. It is evidently low budget but it is big on ideas, and makes me want to see more of the directors work.