Tethered

I like sci-fi mystery movies like this; with an unexpected plot twist at the end. What I also love about it is the truly diverse cast. Great acting and beautiful cinematography too.

Samantha Morris (Caroline Harris) is a detective in a bad place. She drinks too much, starts bar fights, and is getting help. Her partner is John Keller (Joshua Kwak). They investigate the odd death of a John Doe. He has a business card of someone else with co-ordinates that are up in the mountain. They investigate. The mountain is some sort of anomaly which places them in an unexplained time loop that was not well done. The way out of the loop, is not pleasant. It was a better drama than science fiction. Getting the detectives caught up in the loop should have been done better. Boring as far as science fiction. Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity.

There's rarely a move I can't finish, but this move is one of those few exceptions. Horrible acting and direction with characters never taking a moment to consider a response, just rattling off their lines like they're late for lunch. No facial expressions, no reaction in their eyes, nothing. And with dialog like "Hello detectives, what can I do for you detectives, would you like to come in detectives, and have a seat detectives" it's clear the writers have no idea how people actually talk. Stinky.

First of all, congrats on all of your hard work!!! It's a lot more work than people realize to make a film and it was done on a very small budget. It's ok, I'd give it a C. The film is good quality and the acting is decent, but I'll be honest, it didn't grab my attention as much as I'd hoped it would based on the synopsis.