Shuttle: Glorifies Cruelty Nothing Else
The movie Shuttle has hardly any reason to smile about. It gets tough to understand the point behind watching such a movie; probably one would ask the basic question as to why he/she has to watch the movie or you will wonder what prompted the filmmaker to make such a gruesome and a bloody film.
Film: Shuttle
Cast: Peyton List, Cameron Goodman, Cullen Douglas, Tony Curran, Dave Power, James Snyder
Writer: Edward Anderson
Director: Edward Anderson
Running time: 1 hour and 47 minutes
May be some will dispute that there is a particular class of audience who rave about such movies. It is even more surprising to read reviews that have rated the movie four out five stars! And the critic appreciates the director Edward Anderson’s acumen in portraying reality while showing some painful and gory killings.
The movie glorifies cruelty and nothing else. It is all and all bloodshed, fuelled with violence to say the least. The movie will in fact prove to be a painful experience for the audience. The movie though cannot be termed entirely as a horror flick but one may question if movie making is all about technical advancement.
It is better not get into the details attached to the plot of Shuttle. The movie begins with the entry of two young women at the airport, which is bizarrely empty! And the women desperately look out for a cab on a rainy dawn. They find a van that already has a passenger; the cab driver offers a drive and strangely two more guys also want to a get into the van and they finally get access with the consent of one of the girls.
The cab window sports a painting “Not more than three stops”, which is quite weird. Anyway, the driver takes them on lonely roads and suddenly pulls out the gun and takes all the passengers as hostage. The horror factor thus sustains in the movie.
The further part of the film will disturb you quite a bit; the two women played by Peyton List and Cameron Goodman are fully equipped to strike back at the bad guy and the male passengers offer help but they are subjugated, while the other female passenger is a weakling, probably the director wanted to portray the women empowerment. Well, the movie does not deserve a mention of the plot, as it only highlights hollow painful violence all through.
The movie is just a journey into a dark chasm; there is absolutely no element of entertainment. Though it touches upon reality that rarely occurs, it does not serve any purpose. The movie at least is not action packed to give some relief to the audience; it just leads you nowhere but into some evil deeds.
Shuttle certainly deserves a mention of Peyton List who has shown some acting abilities. And Cullen Douglas who plays the driver is not very impressive. Director Edward Anderson proves to be fair moviemaker. But one does not understand the logic behind the aimless bus drive and the revelation of the plot leaves you cold.
The movie is a low budget horror flick and does not appeal visually and it proves to be a product of a first time moviemaker for sure. The film is rated as R for some ghoried terror and violence including language and some nudity.
November 2nd, 2009 at 3:37 am
I wonder who wrote this review. He or she has no idea AT ALL about movie making (thrillers or otherwise) or real life, for that matter.
(A small airport at 2 am tends to be rather deserted, you know.)