One Fall - Great!
This is a must see. A thought provoking work. I saw this at the theatre and bought the DVD copy as soon as I was able.
One fall for love
James Bond (Marcus Dean Fuller) a man with an unfinished past takes a 200 foot fall off a local landmark. He survives; not only that but finds in the process that he has gained the power to heal people,
As with all people that gain abilities he must figure out why (if there is a why) and how to handle it. Eventually he will have to go home and come to grips with whom he is and in the process wrap up some unfinished business.
The pace is a bit slow and it counts on more visual than verbal description. You get the feeling that this is an independent film.
Similar plots and execution can be found in Resurrection (Universal Vault Series)
Started Out Okay
This is a bit like "Phenomenon" with John Travolta but lacks, by comparison, in essentially every category.
Here's the scoop. James takes a dive off a 200 ft. cliff. But instead of buying the big one, he survives only to find out he now has the power to heal others. He does a stint in jail, for reasons I won't divulge, but heads back home after his release to try and put his life back together.
This started out pretty good. I found myself drawn into the story early on and found I liked the characters at first glance. But as things progressed I started to get frustrated. I don't want to say the story lacked focus but, for my dollar, they needed a more dynamic path to the end. I got it. I got what they were saying, but it needed more umph. Some of the scenes were a bit too cute and some didn't make much sense. Marcus Dean Fuller, the writer, director and lead actor, has spent most of his career in TV and it shows. The way some of the characters were drawn and the...
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