Review of Juncture (2007) by Bruno C — 28 Jan 2009

Oh this was a trip! Oddly enough "Juncture" ran on cable here in Mexico. I happened to have worked for the catering and craft service for the film!

So...this was a barely ok, moderately low-budgeted "indie" flick, in mind that this would go direct-to-video, a kinda b-movie caliber action flick you'd see at Blockbuster. Indeed the movie plays out a lot like a made-for-tv movie, the plot is there but silly (young woman diagnosed with a brain tumor, has months to live, travels around for her job and moonlights as a vigilante against criminals that escaped the judicial system), the script was pretty bad (awful dialog), pretty bad acting by most of the talent, some pretty obvious mistakes in shooting that had to be patched up in post. The cinematography was good though in places, nice locations, and a couple members of the cast stood out (like John Hutton who played Ana's (the lead) boss and benefactor).

...of course this was probably much more entertaining for me to recognize locations and remembering what went down on that day during shooting...but even that, I had to cringe at some of the acting of the young talent. Seriously Mr. director Jim Seale, you could've done some more takes of some horrible line delivery here and there. And like I said, the script is pretty poor so it's not like there's much even a veteran actor could do with it. Oh and the failed stunt scene really sticks out (I remember that was a loooong day) where a car was supposed do an upsidedown flip into a lake...what ended up happening was the car just did a slight jump and flopped in the water, not at all dramatic...and then next shot it's completely submerged lol! Actually that whole scene was a bit of a mess, where they had to reuse footage to make it seem like the car was driving along the lake still...

So, as in the words of an old friend of mine, this was a B minus movie (and that might even be a bit flattering). It's the typical shlock you'd expect from an action-drama Hollywood movie, but at a lower budget. Check out only if you like this type of stuff, or are *seriously* bored!