Posted: April 5, 2015 | Author: Donald | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Alex Bisconti, Ayako Fujitani, Christiana Capotondi, Dave Boyle, Fabiula Nascimento, Fernando Coimbra, Ginevera Antona, Joel Clark, Kazuki Kitamura, Leandra Leal, Man From Reno, Marco Marini, Michael Lerman, Michele Astori, Milhem Cortaz, Pepe Serna, Pif, The Mafia Only Kills in Summer, Wolf at the Door | 1 Comment »
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Warning: SPOILERS
Man From Reno is a new neo noir about a mystery writer who becomes involved in a real/reel life mystery. Not a particularly original idea, though I always found it a kind of fun one, and here the writers Dave Boyle (who also directed), Joel Clark and Michael Lerman do get a certain amount of satisfying mileage from it.
It starts out very strongly with Sheriff Paul Del Moral (Pepe Serna, one of those character actors who’s been around forever and been in just about everything) making his rounds in fog as thick as a fur coat (these scenes are especially well filmed and unnerving). He comes upon a car in the middle of the road with its trunk open. In going around it, he strikes a man with Asian features. But soon after taking the man to the hospital, the man disappears. Read the rest of this entry »
