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Story
A seasoned criminal injects a grieving woman with a paralytic agent. She must run, fight and hide before her body shuts down. She walks back and forth between scenes wearing running shoes and hiking boots..
Is the art of a good opening scene starting to make a comeback?
You Don’t Own MeWritten by John Madara, Dave White (as David Ernest White)Starring Deep Sea Diver with Natalie Closner. Probably not, but a few movies I’ve seen recently have had some good ones and 'Don’t Move' was one of them. It’s a tense little scene with little time, but more than that, it sets up the rest of the film.
He manages to make it work – just
Get information that will come into play later and set up the characters nicely. My main concern when I read the synopsis for this movie was whether they would be able to stretch it past 90 minutes. The film uses good creativity to stretch things out and keep the film fresh as things progress.
This is a solid little thriller with some good moments along the way
I don’t think they could have managed another 15-20 minutes and they were smart to keep the runtime to the length they did. It may not have had enough X-factor to stick with me for long, but there are certainly worse ways to spend 90 minutes. 7/10..
