Today, Kevin Costner's Criminal releases in my country. I was supposed to attend a night show, but it can wait because today is also Ms Jennifer Blanc's Birthday (April 21) and I have to show honor. I got myself a couple of hamburgers and a chilled carbonated drink, sat back and relaxed, and watched one of her films, which she produced and starred in as the main character. It's also directed by her husband, the legendary Michael Biehn who also wrote the screenplay and starred in it as well, he was in the leading role. The film also stars Danielle Harris, Ryan Honey, Denny Kirkwood and others. Almost Human Inc was also part of the crew. Excellent performance and work by the entire cast and crew, they did an outstanding job. It's a low-budget film but it doesn't look low to me, it was really well done. It was one entertaining ride with suspense and it was intense. You have violence, gore, hot romance, twists, incredible dirty and dark dialogues and it all adds up to one perfect grindhouse thriller. There's more to it as well, like a dark disturbing psychological feeling at the end and I would really love to see a sequel. Robert Rodriguez inspired Michael to do this movie and, Oh Boy, he really brought it in 11 days. Respect!!! Michael and Jennifer are one of the greatest duos in film making next to Rob Zombie, Sheri Moon and Eli Roth, Lorenza Izzo. I don't know why there are bad reviews for this one and I don't care. I only keep good movies in my collection and this is one of those. Really can't freakin wait for Hidden In The Woods!!!

The Victim was the second movie in my Night Visions Psycho Killers box. I didn't really have any expectations apart from the really short summary on the back of the box. The summary said this film "oozes" sex, that's kind of the only description tat I remembered when watching The Victim. Well that was correct. This film practically shoved sex down your throat with few scenes where it felt completely forced. I like the writing of this film, but there were few embarrassing parts because of this. Some of the sex scenes, some make you wonder if the writer(s) actually thought how stupid and sudden something was?I said I like the writing, and that's true. The structure of the story is very good. The narrative is non-chronological, and it's easy to see when there flashbacks occur. The filmmakers probably made it too clear considering the transitions from present to flashback and the other way around are emphasized by actual flashes. The audience will get it, considering the setting changes drastically and Jennifer Blanc's character spaces out briefly. The story itself is extremely interesting and the dialogue is smooth, apart from what I said before. I especially like any scene with just Blanc's character Annie and her friend Mary. Their chemistry is unbelievably good and the dialogue is very genuine. It reminds me of Death Proof.But what seems bad about this movie is the execution. The story is excellent, but the writing alone can't hold a movie. The cinematography and editing are sloppy, and there are several scenes that are way too long while nothing's actually happening. If you want an example, in the beginning there's a weirdly long and boring scene with Kyle (I hope I'm remembering that correctly) driving a car. They could've put the opening credits on that scene so it wouldn't be so annoying to watch. And I get that long scenes might be an artistic choice by the director, but in this case they didn't make the movie any more thrilling or frustrating in the good way, it is just really annoying to watch and wait the action to start. Yet luckily this movie is still short, so the scenes aren't stretched too much, just a few in the beginning, after that it's easier to watch.The Victim is a decent film. It's worth watching because of the story, but there are a lot of annoying details. I like this movie, yet I don't think it could ever become one of my favourites, and I don't see myself watching it again for a while. The story deserved a better execution.

Cracking backwoods thriller with a comic undertone from 80s b-movie star Michael Biehm, who also co-wrote the screenplay. The mixture takes some balancing but he gets it just right, while the laidback pace lets the story simmer. The tale itself should not be taken too seriously, although it is inevitably 'based on real events': two strippers go the woods with two cops. The end result is messy. A lot of people seem to have taken the story straight, ignoring accompanying the black humour. Their loss.Biehm the actor has a real presence now, dominating every scene he's in. His grizzled look has added character. Also good is producer/actress Jennifer Blanc, here playing a stripper who jumps out of the frying pan into the furnace.

OK first off when i criticize a film i do that based on what the movie had to work with.with a budget of only $800 k, three weeks of pre-production and a cast and crew of amateurs. michael biehn who is a veteran actor and one of the most underrated and underused actors of his generation (he could have been one of the greatest action stars of the 80's) exploited what he had to the last dime and drop of sweat using his experience in order to direct the rest of the cast, in fact you can see different biehn roles in the film, eg: the character played by Ryan Honey is Lt. Coffe from the Abyss, resulting in believable performances from the entire cast. Biehn as usual is a scene stealer, he knows how to handle a character, he plays a very calm guy but for some reason you think that there's something wrong about him. the thing that disappointed me in this film is the script, michael biehn should've had hired someone else to do the job, the dialogue was okay. i read in other reviews that it was awful, well i don't think that people come up with funny jokes and phylosophical lines every day in fact i think that in such a situation people actually don't know what to say. on the other side the storyline wasn't effective with flashbacks that add nothing to the story and the character development and finally the pace of the film which i think was too slow for a thriller but the script wasn't all bad there's this thing that keeps you watching even though in the first hour there's nothing going on and that's you don't know who is the Victim.