Wages of Sin (2011)

Wages of Sin: Directed by Doug Burch. With Katharine Everett, Lauren Martin, Travis Quentin Young. 1964. A small town. A kidnapping. A simple plan… just like in the movies. But real life isn’t simple. Somebody always gets hurt.

“When I saw the low rating this movie received from other people, I was expecting a typical poorly written, poorly performed, poorly shot movie. This was anything but. The entire cast (okay, so thatu0026#39;s only five people, including two who never appear on screen) gave an outstanding performance. Lauren Martin (Celee) in particular demonstrated excellent depth of character and frankly, if this had been a major studio production, might have won an award for it.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe writing was powerful and overall well paced, with a good mixture of tension and twists. This might not have been a big-budget film, but it doesnu0026#39;t show in the cinematography, which left little to be desired. The basement scenes were a little dim to be fully appreciated but, well, it was a basement. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe only thing I can really come up with for the negative side was the length. I think tightening things up by about 8-10 minutes would have made it a faster, even more compelling movie without significantly hurting the character development.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003ePersonally, I loved the ending (and definitely didnu0026#39;t see it coming), though I can see how some people might find it unsatisfying.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOverall an excellent movie, better than many major studio mass market films.”