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Stratagem

Stratagem (2008) Movie Poster
USA  •    •  89m  •    •  Directed by: Jeremy Dean.  •  Starring: Rian Bishop, Marie Bollinger, Evan Elliot, Bill Elverman, Rich Hull, John Klemantaski, Joey Lanai, Alex Mannone..
    Two government agents are sent to investigate a solid steel room that people enter, but don't come out of. They soon realize that the only way to discover the secret of the room's origin is to seek out the aid of an ex-magician/escape artist who has been convicted of murdering her husband. Little do they know that this merciless room is only the beginning of what will be the adventure of their lives.

Review:

Image from: Stratagem (2008)
Image from: Stratagem (2008)
Image from: Stratagem (2008)
Image from: Stratagem (2008)
"Stratagem" has some decent acting, some inconsistent cinematography and some pretty bad framingcompositions. I noticed early on that the sound needed a lot of design workfixing, and was wondering why in the world anyone would go through such lengths to make a film like this and leave the sound design untouched.

The actors are not awful, as the case is in most of low-budget sci-fi films. The story is a bit confusing, and after a while I didn't really care much. I did, however, like the female lead, who is sexy in each different outfit she wore in the film. The writing is okay, and just like the story, somewhat confusing.

The editing and cinematography left a lot to be desired; the specialvisual effects were not bad (again, for such a low budget film). Overall, I say I've seen worse films; I just wish that all low budget sci-fiaction movies didn't feel the need to rely on guns so much. It's not that I'm anti gun; it's just becoming a major cliché in low budget film-making, that's all.


Review by armanddiab from the Internet Movie Database.