GirlFight: inVite (2016)
** (out of 4)
This short film came to my attention after its director Kelcey Coe made a few posts talking about how Amazon had banned the video from their streaming service. After viewing the film, it seems this was more of a way to draw attention to the film because content wise there's really nothing offensive here.
The story itself is pretty simple as this is FIGHT CLUB meets MORTAL KOMBAT with some ladies inside a ring where they fight to the death. None of the scenes are overly violent so I highly doubt Amazon pulled the movie because of this content. I'd say it was likely pulled because the majority of the running time isn't the film itself but a promotion for the film's website.
I'm not going to judge the promotional stuff because I really don't care about websites or things like that. It seems this short was made to show off what the director could do and to try and get funds for a bigger movie. As for this movie, it really just lasts a few minutes and features a couple fights and some gory effects. There's certainly nothing ground-breaking here but for the most part I thought it was okay for one of those short films that are made to try and get funding for a bigger project.
What's on display here wouldn't work in an extended form without some better more detailed characters but the exploitation market is full of wacky trash films so something could be done with it.
** (out of 4)
This short film came to my attention after its director Kelcey Coe made a few posts talking about how Amazon had banned the video from their streaming service. After viewing the film, it seems this was more of a way to draw attention to the film because content wise there's really nothing offensive here.
The story itself is pretty simple as this is FIGHT CLUB meets MORTAL KOMBAT with some ladies inside a ring where they fight to the death. None of the scenes are overly violent so I highly doubt Amazon pulled the movie because of this content. I'd say it was likely pulled because the majority of the running time isn't the film itself but a promotion for the film's website.
I'm not going to judge the promotional stuff because I really don't care about websites or things like that. It seems this short was made to show off what the director could do and to try and get funds for a bigger movie. As for this movie, it really just lasts a few minutes and features a couple fights and some gory effects. There's certainly nothing ground-breaking here but for the most part I thought it was okay for one of those short films that are made to try and get funding for a bigger project.
What's on display here wouldn't work in an extended form without some better more detailed characters but the exploitation market is full of wacky trash films so something could be done with it.
