Film Review - Clear Cut
July 18, 2024
If one squints hard enough, there’s a chance the basic idea behind “Clear Cut” makes sense. Screenwriter Joe Perruccio is on a mission to make a manhunt film, and one that takes advantage of outdoor locations, allowing a low-budget production to capture some action quickly, free from outside interference. And there’s the novelty of the story, which is partially set in the logging business, which is a vocation rarely explored in features. Perhaps it’s not potential, but there’s a concept here that could use developing. Patience with it all isn’t prioritized by director Brian Skiba (“Dead Man’s Hand,” “Pursuit,” and “Beverly Hills Christmas”), who gets messy early with the storytelling particulars of “Clear Cut,” having trouble making sense of the writing’s flashback structure and primary motivations. It’s a quickie from Skiba, who’s stuck with dismal technical achievements and a limited cast, unable to conjure some B-movie magic. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com
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