Spanners |
USA • 2013 • 85m •
  • Directed by: Jonathan Maas. • Starring: Shawn Christian, Rane Jameson, Eric Roberts, Leonard Kelly-Young, Sarah Stouffer, Kimberly Adair, Will Beinbrink, Justin Blount, Sherwin Buydens, John Campbell-Mac, Patrick Gilbert, Hollie Hunt, Tony Kamren. • Music by: Greg Dombrowski.   The average human being lives from 0-80 sequentially. Spanners don't. Some of them live their lives in reverse, some live only six months, and some are immortal. Dr. Adam Parr is one of the highest class of Spanner, an immortal. When he finds that his immortal brother Jonathan has somehow been murdered, he must reconnect with his detective roots to solve the crime.
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Review:
There are two things that stop this film hitting an 8, the first is it is an unfortunately bad title; In Britain, at least, a spanner is not a positive description of another individuals ability to cogitate so film full of meaningful intense people striding around darkly and calling each other "spanners" does detract a little.
The support cast was a bit light in the acting skills department at times but the leads were solid and competent. The film was dark at points, some suspense, a hint of humour and enough philosophy ( not quite star trek but...) and enough thinking about being different.
Good solid Sci-fi, easy to watch and entertaining, blockbuster it ain't but better for it. What I liked was seeing the limited budget for special effects actually put to work work effectively, the real was stretched rather than turned into a Day-Glo nightmare. Apart from the Trogs (which are the second reason this film is not an 8).
Review by Clevertimfish from the Internet Movie Database.
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