{"id":79252,"date":"2011-12-19T21:24:42","date_gmt":"2011-12-20T04:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/?p=79252"},"modified":"2011-12-19T21:24:42","modified_gmt":"2011-12-20T04:24:42","slug":"dvd-review-catch-44","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2011\/12\/19\/dvd-review-catch-44\/","title":{"rendered":"DVD Review: Catch .44"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Title: Catch .44<\/p>\n<p>Directed by: Aaron Harvey<\/p>\n<p>Starring: Malin Akerman, Nikki Reed, Deborah Ann Woll, Brad Dourif, Forest Whitaker and Bruce Willis<\/p>\n<p>Running time: 94 minutes, Rated R, Available on Blu-ray<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tess (Malin Akerman) and her two friends Kara (Nikki Reed) and Dawn (Deborah Ann Woll) are given a task to intercept a drug shipment for crime boss Mel (Bruce Willis), but the job turns out it&#8217;s not as simple as anticipated.<\/p>\n<p>This film is fast paced, but confusing as hell. Director Aaron Harvey (who provides the commentary as the only special feature on the disc) does an homage to non-linear storytelling much compared to Tarantino films, and the film is filled with random dialogue and obscure pop culture references.<\/p>\n<p>I thought the characters could&#8217;ve been interesting had we were able to really get to know them, the story is really jumbled and I really didn&#8217;t see the point in going to a diner in BFE just to find out it&#8217;s\u00a0 a set-up. It was one big build up to nothing special.  Forest Whitaker is really creepy and I really didn&#8217;t care for his character. He was just kind of there to stir stuff up and be a raving obsessed lunatic who happens to be on Mel&#8217;s payroll.\u00a0 Bruce Willis takes on a different role as the sleazy crime boss Mel, but his whole long drawn-out bit about pecans was really random and seemingly unnecessary. Maybe it was a private joke that should&#8217;ve remained that way.<\/p>\n<p>The special effects were decent for the modest budget, and director Harvey was really proud of the title cards and credits that he got done for free; I agree they looked impressive, unfortunately that&#8217;s the only real positive critique I can give for this film.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t think Aaron Harvey should give up on filmmaking, and I promise to have a clean slate when reviewing his next attempt.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Total rating: D<\/p>\n<p>Reviewed by: JM Willis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/catch-44-chick.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/catch-44-chick.jpg\" alt=\"catch 44\" title=\"catch 44\" width=\"500\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-79427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/catch-44-chick.jpg 600w, 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