The opening soundtrack sounds a bit different, having that weird combination of being both grindhouse and French. Unfortunately the movie doesn't maintain a heavy sound track. 5 people come back from Canada to the US and confront an odd out of the way border customs, which was really a road block and not a former customs station. Michael Mando plays Jalii Adel Kahlid one of the passengers. (Remind me never to travel across borders with a guy that has an Arab sounding name.) The border guard (Roc LaFortune) is unlikeable, but plays his part well.
When a small bag of pot is found in their luggage, the movie digresses into interesting if not unwarranted cavity searches. Nicole Leroux first. As things digress, 4 of surviving five are forced to dress in Guantanamo orange jumpsuits with non-matching head sacks that these border guards just happen to possess.
The movie jerks the camera around as a mechanism to generate "fear" but it was more annoying than anything. Alex Weiner plays an asthmatic mute (which he does well). He is the brother of Nicole Leroux. It was his pot that got them in trouble. The main part of the film is these four people locked away being tortured and interrogated in various stages of clothing. Stephen Shellen plays a private detective. He gives us some grindhouse philosophy, "Life is about learning to die" then he screws up the ending.
The movie, while having a grindhouse plot and nudity, it fails to use an effective soundtrack. Also the movie end abruptly, it seemed to have been cut short due to budget considerations. It was a 4 star grindhouse up to that point.
F-bomb, brief torture, nudity (Nicole Leroux, Michael Mando)
When a small bag of pot is found in their luggage, the movie digresses into interesting if not unwarranted cavity searches. Nicole Leroux first. As things digress, 4 of surviving five are forced to dress in Guantanamo orange jumpsuits with non-matching head sacks that these border guards just happen to possess.
The movie jerks the camera around as a mechanism to generate "fear" but it was more annoying than anything. Alex Weiner plays an asthmatic mute (which he does well). He is the brother of Nicole Leroux. It was his pot that got them in trouble. The main part of the film is these four people locked away being tortured and interrogated in various stages of clothing. Stephen Shellen plays a private detective. He gives us some grindhouse philosophy, "Life is about learning to die" then he screws up the ending.
The movie, while having a grindhouse plot and nudity, it fails to use an effective soundtrack. Also the movie end abruptly, it seemed to have been cut short due to budget considerations. It was a 4 star grindhouse up to that point.
F-bomb, brief torture, nudity (Nicole Leroux, Michael Mando)