Trite, pretentious and banal, this attempt at Dogme-style film-making is so amateurishly directed, shot, acted and especially edited I am astounded it ranks a 6 on the IMDb scale. The director shows no understanding of even the most basic cinematic techniques and a complete inability to communicate human behavior and emotion because of his shot selection, clumsy jump-cutting (motivated, I'm guessing, by the need to cut around lousy improvisation -- there seems to be no other motivation in terms of story or character) and horrid videography. The performances are broad or otherwise miss the mark, particularly that of Paul Schneider, who seems to be making a career out of playing mumbling/stammering dimwits like the Paul character here. The improvisations especially repulse, often comprised of stammered, meaningless half-sentences, and the conclusion is contrived and meaningless. Here's a clue: making a Dogme film does not mean jettisoning all competency or basic storytelling ability. Really bad -- how this ponderous drivel got on the Sundance is beyond me.
Review of Security, Colorado
