Event

local sightings: Punch

Saturday, Oct. 3, 11pm
Punch
(Jay Cynik, USA, 2009, 84min.)
The question is, "Do you want to get f***ed up or do you want to get f***ed down?" From beginning to end, Punch is a high-octane, foul-mouthed, blood-soaked movie. More true to a comic book style than any of the recent Hollywood creations, Punch is adapted from The Last Stand of the Teenage Mod Murder Squad created Jay Cynik and graphic artist Simon Young. Punch paints a gritty city life (looking quite similar to Georgetown) filled with casual and frequent drug use, casual and frequent sex, and casual and frequent violence. A bloody dual between the leaders of a biker gang and a band of car thugs is the backbone for a story that weaves together amazingly colorful yet demented characters. The confrontations turn more epic and more gorey as it becomes clear that everyone onscreen is an unwitting pawn in a clash of wills between God and The Devil. Drawing equally from cult gore films as much as Tarantino style action and dialogue, Punch unfolds smartly as both a parody and a legit thrill ride, capitalizing on a raw, irreverent attitude and gutsy performances from everyone in the ensemble cast.

Plays with
Under Pressure
(Daniel DeVita, Mike Dinsmore, Vancouver B.C., 2009, 9min.)
A young man shrinks himself in order to save his mother from the horrors of his father's cancerous mouth.