How can the audience get immersed in a movie that lacks plausibility in every aspect?
Events would never transpire as depicted. A contract killer (Sade) delays his escape to shovel dirt into a grave? During a shootout, the girl (Bird) decides to stroll from a room into the line of fire?
Acting approaches the melodramatic. When Carter transitions from potential suicide to inducted savior, the look on his face is almost laughable. Bird's amateurish performance belongs in an elementary school production, not a feature film.
Adam Alleca as director? Really? He doesn't even have a Wiki page yet (yeah, I know, as though it's the measure of success). The world can barely swallow that he scripted "Cell" with Stephen King. Obviously, the casting couch now offers positions for directors and screenwriters, too.
The film does have some good stretches, specifically scenes involving Officer Baker as well as Sade's (far-too-short) period of silence.
Overall, though, "Standoff" embarrasses B movies--don't waste time here.
Events would never transpire as depicted. A contract killer (Sade) delays his escape to shovel dirt into a grave? During a shootout, the girl (Bird) decides to stroll from a room into the line of fire?
Acting approaches the melodramatic. When Carter transitions from potential suicide to inducted savior, the look on his face is almost laughable. Bird's amateurish performance belongs in an elementary school production, not a feature film.
Adam Alleca as director? Really? He doesn't even have a Wiki page yet (yeah, I know, as though it's the measure of success). The world can barely swallow that he scripted "Cell" with Stephen King. Obviously, the casting couch now offers positions for directors and screenwriters, too.
The film does have some good stretches, specifically scenes involving Officer Baker as well as Sade's (far-too-short) period of silence.
Overall, though, "Standoff" embarrasses B movies--don't waste time here.