Gabriel Kehl
Suicide is not often a subject Hollywood would take on, unless it is part of a action flick or if its done by some sort of hero to save the world.I have often found this subject to be taboo, where Hollywood makers take foreign movies, re-make them and if there is suicide in the movie, they change the story to... suit a wider audience.Growing up in todays society is not easy. Older generations might say it was not easy for them either but lets face it, todays youth are having a bit more obstacles to face. Obstacles our parents never had to worry about. How many school shootings did we have in the 60s and 70s and how much better is todays education system from back then? This movie draws us these factors and issues besides the everyday-Hollywood-teen-movie drug and alcohol issues. I think we have had plenty of that.As you may already read, this is a movie about a group of teenagers who decide to commit suicide. We are taken on a journey, where we get to know each character and the issues facing them.I really recommend this movie for everyone. This movie is very open and blunt and all though I have seen more gore in action movies this felt more real where you sometimes forget that its only a movie and not something you just downloaded form YouTube.Not for the faint hearted and deferentially for parent and educators.
Badger-20
I saw "State's Evidence" mainly as a friend worked on it, and I was impressed with the feature's strong message. High school student Scott (Douglas Smith) rationally decides to commit suicide as both a statement and, by using a video camera to record his Last Day, all but makes it performance art. Against his advice, his close circle of friends become drawn in and demand to be a part of the Project as it comes to be called. Each armed with a camera, the paired groups chronicle the angst of their time and their individual lives, as well as revelations as to their reasoning for this being their final day of life. Sandy (Alexa Vega, who really can and should take over Lindsay Lohan projects from now on), is awesome. Meanwhile Patrick (Kris Lemche) takes the concept of "no consequences" to dark and terrible extremes. Despite the moving and powerful script, the film lacks only in the world's worst sound mix in cinematic history. For much of the film the lip sync is distractingly and painfully way off. It cannot be construed to make it "look real:" it just looks either like very lame sound mixing or (less likely), poor ADR work. The frequent and considerable audio problems notwithstanding, this is a film parents should see, as well as their teens.
brewjam
My guess is that any of the good reviews for this heaping pile of manure (basking in the hot summer sun)were made by teenagers. Let it be known that while I am not a teenager, I'm not too far off.This movie started out with 45 minutes of what seemed to be some pretty interesting narratives. If you can ignore that for some odd reason most of the voices were over-dubbed (terribly), then you would find some interesting takes on life & death. After that you get very very tired of listening to these people, and then after that a little black girl gets raped (on camera), and then a school gets shot up. Call me ignorant, call me whatever you want, but this movie ended with nothing said, and nothing gained, except for maybe an upset stomach.Well acted, poorly scripted, poorly edited, poorly directed. The actors did a decent job in a movie that made absolutely no sense whatsoever.Thanks for a disgusting waste of my precious time.
wrlang
State's Evidence is a timely film about a group of high school kids that plan to commit suicide together after one instigator brings the idea to the group. The kids get camcorders and film their exploits and memoirs over several days while they prepare to die. In relative truthfulness, some people when faced with eminent death or utter hopelessness climb to a higher plane that brings about courage and compassion while others sink to the depths of depravity. The story culminates in, of course, a high school shooting where the bullies get it as well as the innocent. The commentary by the shooter in the end has its merits as it is becoming more evident that the hopeless juvenile is more apt to become violent when they sink into the depths. While its always good to see a bully get it on film, its more satisfying to see a bully who has become an good and active member of society. I tend to group bullies and shooters into the same category of sociopaths. It's a Darwinian twist that bullies who dish out depravity and shooters who can't overcome life's battles tend to cancel each other out. Neither one is fit. An A class film with much to say.
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