Starz Film Fest: Juncture

I caught Juncture last night at the Starz/Denver Film Fest. James Seale seemed very proud and confident in his work when introducing the film and when he was doing the Q&A. I guess you have to stand by your product no matter what.

The plot was a simple person taking revenge on society affair, this time it was Anna (Kristine Blackport) an executive director of a children's foundation who is diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. In her final days Anna turns into child victim vigilante and sets out to get rid of child molesters, abusers, drunk drivers, and the like. Had I gone into this thinking of it more as a B movie and if I had the ability to overlook Blackport's shoddy acting this would have been more entertaining. However, it had the feel of a souped up tv production from high school and it never really left that state for me.

I'm curious about the selection of Blackport, especially since 6,000 actresses applied for the role. I guess they can't all be winners. On the plus side, the film was made almost entirely in Denver and featured local actors. Anne's brain freeze scenes where she sees the ghosts of her victims were also well directed, even if they were contrived. I tore the 2 on the ballot for this one - and that was a 2 of 5.

Hopefully I'll get into Sydney Lumet's new movie Before the Devil Knows You're Dead tonight. Also on the docket this week: Being Michael Madsen, Jump!, and Forfeit.