http://www.pulpmovies.com/reviews/isolation Pulpmovies Cult Film Reviews Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:52:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5 http://www.pulpmovies.com/reviews/isolation#comment-4100 Mon, 27 Mar 2006 00:45:10 -0500 http://www.pulpmovies.com/reviews/isolation#comment-4100 I really hate this film. It's just one volume in Shane Ryan's library of uninspired, gratuitous films. The plot and technical aspects of the film have more holes than Sonny Corleone's corpse ie: Billy longs to be with his mother as though he's known her his whole life, but she died when he was a baby. Most people interprit Billy's character as depressed because he wants to come to terms with his mother's death. HE NEVER KNEW HER! Without some kind of strong emotional attatchment Billy shouldn't be depressed with losing his mother, but with his abnormal and abusive upbringing. The father has much less screen time and involvment as he should, but it doesn't matter: Cobalt acting is so wooden he could feed the furnace of a large orphanage for the rest of its existance. It would have been more interesting if he had tried to find a mother figure elsewhere. I have no idea why he throws his suitcase into the bushes. The Film Noir style, it appears Ryan was aiming for, is much too white and bright. The visual effects are all very tired and overused throughout the film. Ryan's acting and narration was terrible. The scene in the pickup truck is so poorly acted it makes me want to retch. Ryan thinks that just by rubbing the bridge of his nose and blinking his eyes makes it look like he just got hit in the face. The narration holds no emotion at all. If anything it sounds like he's bored to death with what he sees and wants to go to sleep. Just to top it off, he also stole a sound clip from Requiem for a Dream. I really hate this film. It’s just one volume in Shane Ryan’s library of uninspired, gratuitous films. The plot and technical aspects of the film have more holes than Sonny Corleone’s corpse ie: Billy longs to be with his mother as though he’s known her his whole life, but she died when he was a baby. Most people interprit Billy’s character as depressed because he wants to come to terms with his mother’s death. HE NEVER KNEW HER! Without some kind of strong emotional attatchment Billy shouldn’t be depressed with losing his mother, but with his abnormal and abusive upbringing. The father has much less screen time and involvment as he should, but it doesn’t matter: Cobalt acting is so wooden he could feed the furnace of a large orphanage for the rest of its existance. It would have been more interesting if he had tried to find a mother figure elsewhere. I have no idea why he throws his suitcase into the bushes. The Film Noir style, it appears Ryan was aiming for, is much too white and bright. The visual effects are all very tired and overused throughout the film. Ryan’s acting and narration was terrible. The scene in the pickup truck is so poorly acted it makes me want to retch. Ryan thinks that just by rubbing the bridge of his nose and blinking his eyes makes it look like he just got hit in the face. The narration holds no emotion at all. If anything it sounds like he’s bored to death with what he sees and wants to go to sleep. Just to top it off, he also stole a sound clip from Requiem for a Dream.

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