24th August, 2013.
You know, it’s getting late.
Or, at least, it’s getting comparatively late: for me.
I’m tempted to hit the proverbial sack.
Although what the sack’s done to deserve it, I really don’t know.
At ANY rate … ?
At any rater, I wanted to at least get started, writing about he movie I’ve just seen: the Michael Morrissey written and directed, 2010 movie, that is Boy Wonder.
And yes: I THINK the post deserves the title … !
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25th August, 2013.
Wowsa … It’s the morning …
Rather than the afternoon.
But, at any rate … ?
At ANY rate, I’m back on the case, and ready to tell you about the film I saw, last night: the 2010, Michael Morrissey piece, that is Boy Wonder.
And have to confess, it’s quite something.
Set in New York, Boy Wonder sees Caleb Steinmeyer as Sean: a young man who’s been traumatised by his parents — father, Terry, played by Bill Sage and mother, Mary, played by Tracy Middendorf — tempestuous relationship.
AND the death of his mother, in front of his very eyes, in an (apparent) attempted car-jacking.
Many years later we find him obsessed by the event: compulsively going through police mugshot books that he’s been given access too by a kindly detective.
And forming a friendship with Detective Teresa Ames (Zulay Heneo): an up and coming police detective who’s starting to have her suspicions about a vigilante killer that’s working her beat.
Who seems to be able to speak fluent Chinese …
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Its cast of relative unknowns pop in very competent performances: performances that went beautifully well with great writing, subtly drawn characters and believable situations.
And a plot that looked at the basic idea of Batman — a child hideously traumatised by crime and choosing to do something about it — and gives it the real world treatment
Rationalising that any such not be a upstanding hero with a quirk and a kevlar fetish.
But a seriously damaged individual: damaged, with a steroid addiction to supplement the kick-boxing classes …
And a gun …
It also means I have to ask Hollywood one thing.
Why is it spending huge amounts on some films: when it can knock out quality like this at a far more reasonable price?
Boy Wonder★★★★
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