Pretty Canoe (Short Film Mini-Review)
Next up in my Fayetteville Film Festival Review series is a tense action/drama short film titled "Pretty Canoe".
Two prisoners, Terrance and Davis, have escaped prison and sought refuge at one of their cousins house. They plan to stay the night and then use a boat to escape to the Mexico border in the morning. Unbeknownst to them, there are many surprises in store that will derail their plans.
In addition to telling a good little story in only 20 minutes, the film also touches on the danger of relying on nostalgia to make one's decisions, so it's got a nice subtext to it as well.The film has a couple twists towards the end - one of which I saw coming - but the other was more effective and showed just how clever and quick-thinking one of the characters is once it's revealed, which was cool.
As long as you aren't squeamish about profanity and some mild violence, I definitely recommend this little short. It's a great little thrill ride.
You can watch it here on youtube:
And you can visit the creators facebook page here as well.