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aka Fetch
Director: C.M Downs Writer: Trent Haaga and C.M. Downs
In a small town in Kansas, six members of an evangelical Christian group are kidnapped by a psychotic group of violent ex-cons, perverted cops and murderers. Held hostage for the sadistic pleasure of their tormentors, the victims slowly begin to realize that outside help will not be coming. With no other options and time quickly running out they must band together and fight back against their twisted tormenters for any hope of survival.
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What Downs has realized with this venture is nothing short of stupefying. American MANIACS may very well be the best European film not made by a European. It's sensibilities are right in line with those revered directors across the pond. Dark, emotional themes weave their way in and out of haunting landscapes and with the help of a beautifully visceral visual and auditory design, create a tapestry that is as much lush as it is sparse: as gorgeous as it is frightening. It's a film that Downs has clearly poured the very essence of his being into, but more than that: it's representative of a moment in time when an artist steps forward and redefines a genre, pulling at the very seams of it's constraints.
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