Bruce Campbell, William Stanford Davis, Jeremy Roberts

Running Time was filmed in black and white, in real time, and seemingly takes place in one continuous, fluid shot. It's a little like Hitchcock's "Rope," but it's on location! Carl, an ex-con who sets...( read more  read more... ) out to rob the prison laundry system where he worked for 5 years (while in the pen), has spent ten years in prison planning the ultimate heist. Upon his release, he meets up with a high school buddy, who's made all the arrangements for the job, and rented him a hooker for his first encounter in a decade with a real girl. After picking up the safecracker and their getaway driver, they've got twenty minutes to pull off the perfect heist...but soon everything falls apart before Carl's eyes. He might still get the girl, though!

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Unrated, 70 min.

Directed by: Josh Becker

Release Date: March 1, 1997

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  • June 3, 2009
    Most of this film is actually pretty engrossing.
    A tribute to Hitchcock's The Rope, this film is shot in seemingly one shot, telling the story of a man getting out of jail and pulling a heist.
    The one shot idea is gimmicky for sure, and become frustrating, yet really lends a real...( read more)ist feeling to the story. The realism, although is altered since it's shot in black and white and Bruce Campbell performance is reminiscent of a leading man of the '40s, giving this film a real sort of classical Hollywood B-Movie feel. Yet despite Bruce, everything else takes place in the present. This, however works and creates a pretty compelling film... until the last 20minutes.
    The last bit of the film finds Bruce Campbell and the "lead" female "acting", giving back story and building a romance out of nowhere. The romance isn't very logically built, as Bruce doesn't remember her for most of the movie only for his memory to be jogged by an element of their past to reveal that he had this great love for her. One could say it's not well sold, and when these actors need to to the kind of acting that is needed for the scene, they fall short. The inclusion of music in spot isn't great and stands out like a sore thumb, when no music would have sufficed.
    Either was, this is a great experiment, that I really enjoyed the hell out of for the most part.
  • March 16, 2008
    Great low budget Becker film which follows Hitchock's Rope in trying to make it seem like it's taken in one shot. The story is forgettable, though Bruce is in it, but the filmmaking is very memorable.
  • December 18, 2006
    Bruce Campbell in real time, black and white and if I remember correctly one continuous shot. If you're a Bruce fan it's a must see!
  • July 12, 2009
    Ice cream for any occasion...or just for FUN.
    If chins could kill, bebe.
  • November 4, 2008
    Cool concept, good acting, neat noir feel...and Bruce Friggin Campbell!!
  • November 15, 2007
    What ever The King Bruce Campbell is in - I have to see. :)
  • August 6, 2007
    remake of hitchcocks rope great movie
  • July 1, 2007
    Low-budget experiment. Dull story and ameteur acting. Fans of Bruce must see it though. Children of Men impressed me more with their long continuous shots.
  • May 16, 2007
    Josh Becker's use of the camera makes this movie captivating. Not to mention it has one of the funniest sex scenes I've ever seen!
  • January 27, 2007
    ...seems like it might be interesting.

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