Hair-Trigger (2022)

Hair-Trigger (2022). Hair-Trigger: Directed by Steven Gerald Warkel. With Emily Carlson, Chris Charais, Joseph Schwartz, Jeremy Frandrup. A group of novice criminals find themselves laying low in the middle of nowhere. Chaos and confusion set in as they find out they may not be alone.

“Seeing that this was the product of a bunch of film students coming together to make something is really really cool.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe concept is really fun, some of the acting is pretty solid for being nobodies and I enjoyed the sort of Midwest humor and sensibilities of the film. However, the film is far from perfect, and has its issues. I get that itu0026#39;s mashing genres, and sometimes that works. But in certain circumstances it hurts the film I feel. It leans far more into the vein of cooky crime than intense thriller. Pretty slow burn, but still does feel it has some pace to it.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003ePositives:nu003culu003eu003cliu003eGreat score.u003c/liu003eu003c/ulu003eu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu003culu003eu003cliu003eFun concept.u003c/liu003eu003c/ulu003eu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu003culu003eu003cliu003eSolid acting from the leads.u003c/liu003eu003c/ulu003eu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu003culu003eu003cliu003eCool locations.u003c/liu003eu003c/ulu003eu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu003culu003eu003cliu003eLooks good.u003c/liu003eu003c/ulu003eu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eNegatives:nu003culu003eu003cliu003eDoesnu0026#39;t commit to being entirely serious or entirely a joke.u003c/liu003eu003c/ulu003eu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu003culu003eu003cliu003eSome of the worse acting took me out of it.u003c/liu003eu003c/ulu003eu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu003culu003eu003cliu003eSluggish middle act.u003c/liu003eu003c/ulu003eu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu003culu003eu003cliu003eDoesnu0026#39;t seem to have much interest in being actually scary.u003c/liu003eu003c/ulu003eu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOverall, probably more of 6.5/10 than a 7. But it feels that a lot was done with a little, so Iu0026#39;ll round up.”