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Zero Hour
USA 2023
produced by Jenna Groetsch, Justin Groetsch (executive) for Groetsch Entertainment
directed by Justin Groetsch
starring Mikaela Hoover, Sarah Dumont, Justin Groetsch, Carrington Brooke Durham, Sydney Morgan, Jenna Groetsch, Lindsey Todd, Faith Stanley
written by Justin Groetsch, music by Robert J. Snow, Rick Stelma, Justin R. Durbin
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Ida's (Mikaela Hoover) husband Isaac (Justin Groetsch) has only
recently been killed in a home invasion, and one can't really blame her
for being all grief. To cope, Ida tries to bury herself in work, where at
least she has her best friend Katrina (Sarah Dumont) to fall back on. But
today she has volunteered for the nightshift and is in the office all by
herself - when she starts receiving text messages on her phone from, of
all people, Isaac. At first she believes this to be an evil prank, but
since whoever's sending her the messages seems to know things only Isaac
can know, she starts to believe she actually texts with her dead husband.
But then Isaac starts to warn her that there are intruders in the
building, the very same ones who have killed him, and with Isaac's help
Ida manages to evade the intruders for quite some time - until her phone
runs out of battery that is, then Ida's left to her own devices and before
long cornered by the intruders. And she's in for a bad shock when they
unmask themselves ... Zero Hour proves to be a pretty
clever little thriller, one that finds the right balance between suspense
and jump scares but also throws surprise twists aplenty into the mix and a
certain murder mystery kind of feel. And a very dynamic directorial effort
keeps to rather wonderfully pushing things into the right direction while
the small ensemble cast fill their roles rather perfectly, making this
pretty awesome genre entertainment.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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