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Summer (Hallie Shepherd) is walking the straight and narrow these days, working at Dex's (Eric Colley) garage, and turning a blind eye when he does any shady business rather than getting involved, as she has had enough of that before - which is also why she knows Lance (Shawn Christian), a local gangster who has once been her boyfriend and accomplice, and who is now asking Dex to make a couple of dead bodies disappear. Dex is ok with it, to Summer's shock, but one of his employees, Willis (Conner Max), turns out to be a rather unwanted witness and is killed ... before Summer's eyes, and now Lance and his right hand man Brock (Casper Van Dien) thing it's a good idea to kill her as well, since she has been an eye witness, and ultimately they blow up her car ... but somehow Summer survives.

Back amongst the living, Summer has no idea about what happened the night of her almost-murder, and she's ok with Dex's statement that it has been an accident due to speeding - but since she's been pretty much at heaven's door literally, she has visions of the future, visions that feature her and her sister's (Alexis Monnie) murders, but visions that also leave room for alternatives. Also, a detective (Ted Rooney) turns out to be a bit too nosey for her to believe the accident story, and also the mayor (Richard Carmen) is all of a sudden too interested in her, with his motives being more than shady. And then there's Franco (Wes Ramsey), one of Lance's men, who is getting close enough to her to ring all her alarm bells - but there's something about him that makes her trust him, among other things the fact that he could have murdered her a good dozen times if he only intended to. And whichever way you put it, Summer is far from in the clear now, and it's really doubtful which is better for her survival, to just pretend nothing is wrong (and pray that really is the case) or to find out what's actually going on (and risk a bullet or two) ...

A nice little action movie that might not be able to compare with its big budget counterparts in terms of spectacle, but it manages to tell an engaging story that's character-centered rather than relying on explosions, that manages to paint in not too broad strokes but leaves plenty of gray between the black and the white, that does its best to surprise until the very last, and that keeps the dull moments down to a minimum. And a very engaged ensemble cast help the audience to really dive into the story of course.

Well worth a look.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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