Freeze Frame
Freeze Frame
R | 01 May 2004 (USA)
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Sean Veil is an ultra paranoid murder suspect who takes to filming himself round the clock to provide an alibi, just in case he's ever accused of another crime. Problems arise however when the police do come calling and the one tape that can prove his innocence has mysteriously disappeared.

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mario_c

It's a nice dark thriller with a mysterious and puzzling plot which combines strange ambiances and scenarios with a typical criminal investigation. The great novelty of this film is its main character which is a peculiar guy that, to prove his innocence from the accusation of a family's murder, records every second of his life on videotape. He says there's a conspiring plan against him, and to protect himself from false allegations, he tapes his life to prove his innocence. I liked the dark cinematography and the strangeness that dwells all over the film. The final twist is not so surprising as I had heard from other users but it's a nice ending anyway. I score it 7/10, mostly because of its cinematography.

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fedor8

Utterly absurd thriller, though original in some ways. From the beginning I knew that the cop and/or the shrink were in some way hiding something and I was right. It turned out to be a pretty shaky motive for hiding the identity of the killer. And how about the killer's daughter going on a bit of a rampage herself – and that first murder (manslaughter) of hers! Oh, sorry, I just shoved you a bit and now you're dead! Well, that's a bit of jolly bad luck, old sport, ey? I've seen dumber thriller, far dumber actually, so this one doesn't even rate as being THAT silly on a silliness scale for thrillers. Still, the film isn't dull, although a bit slow here and there.

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blindognathan

(I apologize for the title of this review, but it's one of Lee's lines that has always stuck in my mind. That and his wicked scream at the start and end of the movie- the one he lets out when he shaves his head; and then, again when he stands by the three, dead bodies in another part of his 'home'.) Anyway: can I just say that I love, love, love this movie. Up until seeing it; all I knew of Lee was his comedy- so I never once imagined how genuinely creepy or serious he could be, until I made the decision to go and rent this movie from my local blockbuster video shop . . .and I must also profess to being just a little bit frightened by his performance (especially during the scene when he's interrogating/threatening-to-kill the Ian McNiece character; Seiger. (And, like many of you who have already reviewed this film; I felt a good deal of compassion for Lee's character- among one, maybe two others.)I mean; for an innocent man to be accused/convicted of such a heinous crime as murder can't be the best feeling in the world- but it's something that happens all the time! So; in a bizarre way; this film makes the audience confront the awesome feelings of sadness, confusion, paranoia- generally all the things Lee's character goes through, all the way to the end. This movie is very well cast. (I can't see anyone else playing 'Sean' except for Lee!) The writing, I must say, is very much like one of those crime-murder-mystery novels you'd see on a dusty bookshop shelf somewhere. The sound design is clever. The lighting effects are very surreal- and the music is another thing that- since my first, initial time of watching it- has stuck with me. (Much like that weird song in 'The Ring', and things like that.)One of my favourite scenes in this movie comes just before the credits- when one of the accusing police officers looks at 'Sean' and asks him; how he would feel if the video-recording the two of them had just watched; was to- somehow- get 'lost.' Well, Sean is not fussed by this in the slightest! He simply looks at the police officer and says: he's 'alibied up.'; because: "I emailed it to the papers before you got here!" YES!!!!! NICE ONE, LEE!!!!!

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24540647

Firstly, I have to say Lee Evans is without doubt stunning in this film. We can only hope that he gets further meaty roles on the back of this performance.A triple murder suspect has his case thrown out of court due to police incompetence. Vowing his innocence, he becomes a paranoid who tapes himself "24/7/52" and keeps the tapes in a special vault. Just before the 10th anniversary of the murders, he is again arrested on suspicion of murder, and when he tries to produce the relevant tapes they are missing.The only downside to this superbly edited, visually stunning film is the lack of suspects as there are only half a dozen characters throughout. Other than that, it's well worth watching. Unlike most people here, I even enjoyed the ending (especially Evans last words!)

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