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Nailed Down
USA 2016
produced by Eric Truman, Lori Tramplin, Jeremy Matthew Smith, Brian Elliot, Paul Coffey, Harley David Morris for Angry Lunch Productions
directed by Harley David Morris
starring Wesley Hinkle, Kenn Parks, Warren Ray, Cristina Mullins, Christie Troxell, Elijah Malone, James Tackett, Dennis Grinar, Maria Pollard, Ron Ernspiker, Adam Lewis, Victoria Edgar, Daniel Thompson, Shakila Walker, Tony Tatsumaki, Cody Lawson, Chase Wolfe, Mathew S. Douglas, Harley David Morris
written by Harley David Morris, music by Kevin MacLeod, Johnny Berry, 7 Hills Stomp, James Brown III, special effects by Autumn Barefoot/Embodiment FX
review by Mike Haberfelner
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One beautiful day, Adam Nash (Kenn Parks) disappears from the face of
the earth just like that - he was last seen at home and now he's gone, and
there are no signs that he was abducted, no signs of a struggle, no
suspicious fingerprints, no nothing. But his wife (Cristina Mullins) is
sure something bad has happened - but just a gut feeling doesn't convince
police detective Bennett (Warren Ray), who tells her to wait at least
until Monday, and if Adam hasn't turned up by then, file an official
report. But soon, Bennett is reminded of the Hugo-case, where a woman
(Christie Troxell) and her son (Elijah Malone) were brutally murdered, a
case that has never been solved as whoever did it left no traces, and
there was no obvious motive ... Adam's wife's gut feeling was of course
right on the money, Adam has indeed been abducted, and he's now held in a
basement where his tormentor drives nails into his hands, has him eat
glass, thinks of a busload of novel ways to torture him. His tormentor?
It's Adam's best friend Jason Hugo (Wesley Hinkle), actually, the husband
and father of those killed in above murder case. So why is Jason torturing
Adam, has he gone off the rocker after the murder of his wife and son, has
he maybe actually murdered them ... or is there more to the story than
eyes can see? Now Nailed Down is certainly not for the
faint of heart as it features busloads of gruesomeness ... but at the same
time, this is more than just torture porn, as the movie has an interesting
story to it, and a few plottwists lift it clearly above formula cinema -
and these plottwists are not just clever afterthoughts to tell the story
more interestingly, either, but real shockers. And add to that a
directorial effort that does more than just zoom in on the gruesome bits,
and an ensemble cast up for the task, and you got your self a solid genre
movie that definitely deserves a watch ... but as mentioned earlier, not
for the faint of heart.
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