To Hell with a Bullet

USA 2013
produced by
Vick Wright, David Rudich (executive) for Vicktory Films, Hollywood Film Cooperative, Lula Pictures
directed by Vick Wright
starring Trenton Rostedt, Danielle Vasinova, Ronnie Gene Blevins, Timothy V. Murphy, Egle Petraityte, Rory Lovett, Brian Forsythe, Dave Ducey, Reeve Downes, Georg Dolivo, Vick Wright, Jordan Ziff, Prince Pheenix Wade, Vinni Stiletto (voice), Jessica Noel Smith, Morgan Aroff, Jeremy Goldberg, Jacob Goldberg, Garrett Ziff, Halszka Kuza, Niki Salehian, Whitney Bensfield
written by Vick Wright, music supervisor: Mike Abdelnour, songs by Airbourne, Badwater, Don McCoy, The Oddfathers, Six Cylinger Smith, Age of Evil, James Byous, special makeup effects by Brenda Salamone, visual effects by Don McCoy, Ken Wilder

review by
Mike Haberfelner

Bill Quantreaux (Trenton Rostedt) has been dreaming the dream of being a rockstar for a bit too long now, and while he's got the lifestyle (you know, partying, booze and drugs) down to the t, he is anything but a signed artist, still plays the same venues he has for the past 10 years, and is slowly losing his voice. It's come to a point where his bandmates throw him out of his own band, and his stripper girlfriend Dallas (Danielle Vasinova), who's earning the keep for the both of them, wants to throw him out of their apartment, too ... but during a row with her, he happens to kill Dallas, and while it was a total accident that breaks his heart, it looks like murder so he can't call the cops.

It couldn't come any worse ... and it doesn't, as soon enough he receives a phonecall from a powerful record company A & R who wants to see Bill and his band in concert, and as fate would have it, Bill has only recently met a miracle doctor (Timoth V. Murphy) who promises to restore Bill's voice - as long as he signs a certain contract Bill doesn't even read. With these news, Bill muscles himself back into his band, and after the first rehearsal, with Bill sounding his old great self again, everybody is happy he did. Now nothing can go wrong anymore, now can it?

Well, of course, there's still dead Dallas in his bathtub, there's the building manager (Vick Wright) Bill accidently kills when he finds Dallas, there's the nosey neighbour (Ronnie Gine Blevins) who promises to get rid of the bodies if only he's instated as the new building manager with Bill's help who manages to mess up things worse then they were, and then there's the fact that Dallas comes back to life once again, at least in Bill's head.

So with this all-important gig coming up, how to cut through all that shit?

Walking on a tightrope between straight horror and dark comedy, with elements of the stoner genre and music biz anecdotes thrown in just for good measure, To Hell with a Bullet comes across as a pretty lively film full of unexpected plottwists, shifts between genres, and general surprises, all carried by a laid back directorial effort giving the movie's story room to breath, an interesting loveable-loser style lead surrounded by some equally likeable, eccentric supporting characters, all competently brought to life. And one has to admit, even if one isn't fan of the hard'n'heavy musical style the film's centered around (and actually I'm not necessarily), the music really sounds authentic hit material, made by people who understand their craft.

In all, a totally entertaining movie, really!

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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