Sometimes at conventions, you come across films that you like enough that you want to write about when the release date comes along. I came across “Dangerous People” when I went to a screening of the film at Scare-A-Con New England after hearing about the film through one of my friends over at Dark Discussions Podcast.
The film is about two killers (Garo Nigoghossian, Vincent Stalba) who stumble into a bar. There, they meet a beautiful woman (Angelina Leigh) who decides to go with them to their apartment. The killers take her hostage, but their plan takes a vicious turn when they find out she’s not like their other victims. Who will make out alive in this twisted film?
This was one of those films where I didn’t know what to expect as I went to it the first time blind. After watching this for a second time recently, I enjoyed the film even more.
Garo Nigoghossian’s direction was very good. What I liked about his direction was the way he approaches his direction. He does a great job making sure the film move at a good pace. Whether it was the way he makes sure the action scene had a horrific tone to the way the gore effects were handled, everything is done in a way that makes horrifying elements work. The other thing that I liked about the direction was the way that he directs his cast including himself. Each of the three main people in the film had a very good chemistry with each other. It helped moved the film considering there’s a lot of dialogue in the film. It’s one of the better acted micro budgeted films current out on DVD, VOD and Blu-Ray.
The screenplay also written by Nigoghossian had a very trippy and sleazy feel to it which made it feel like a grindhouse film from the seventies. One of the things that he does well to make sure that this story has grindhouse feel to it. From the exploitative elements of the late sixties/ early seventies tone to the surrealism that he uses to make his story work, everything is written well to the point that it comes off as shocking. It helped gave the film its sleazy tone. The other thing that I liked about Nigoghossian’s screenplay was the way that he approaches the film’s dialogue. I liked how he keeps the scenes moving with the offbeat dialogue. It moved the pace of the story and made the scenes between the three main characters interesting considering most of the film takes place in either in one room or in flashbacks sequences. It made all the craziness that goes on works very well as I was into this from start to finish.
If that wasn’t enough, the film also has very good cinematography work from Wheat and a trippy soundtrack from Palm Tree Lumberjacks, J.D. Blackfoot and Bren Scott.
The first featurette on disc 1 is the behind the scenes featurette. The featurette features on set footage from the filming. It’s an interesting look at the filming process of this film. The first disc wraps up with the film’s official trailer.
Disc 2 stars with the film’s audio commentary track. The track features star/writer/director Garo Nigoghossian, actress Angelina Leigh, actor Vincent Stalba and moderator Hunter Duesing from the Midnight Movie Cowboys podcast. This was a very good track as it goes into various aspects of the film’s production while diving into some stories that took place while filming. This track moves at very good pace as moderator Hunter Duesing does a very good job making sure the conversation keeps moving throughout the film. It allows the track to be informative while being entertained.
The next featurette is “Critiquing Raw Footage”. It was an interesting look at one of the film’s shocking scenes. Nigoghossian shows some of the do’s and don’ts when filming and creating a scene while also going into his thought process. It shows the pain taking process of getting the right shots for a scene to work. Interesting featurette for people into the process of film making.
After that it’s “Angelina’s Naked Storytelling”. It’s very similar to the film’s behind the scenes featurette as it show how one of the film’s dialogue scenes being filmed from its direction to completion.
The disc wraps up with extended, alternate and deleted scenes, a thirty plus minute NSFW photo gallery, teaser and red band trailers for Dangerous People and a trailer for “Actress Apocalypse”.
This is one of those films that plays very well to fans to grindhouse inspired films. The blu-ray is one of the most loaded indie releases that I’ve ever seen as there is a lot material on this disc. I was happy that I took the chance with “Dangerous People” as this is one of the better micro budgeted releases that I’ve seen this year.
Review Rating: Five Stars
Extras: Five Stars
