Cast:
Neil Breen (Cade Altair / Cale Altair), Siohbun Ebrahimi (Donna), Sara Meritt (Alana), Denise Bellini ( Agency Director), Marty Dasis (Corp. Executive/Detective/Soldier), Brad Stein (Detective), John Smith Burns (Corp. Executive), Art MacHenster (Corp. Executive/Soldier), and Greg Smith Burns (Cuzzx) Written, Produced, and Directed by Neil Breen (#1767 - Fateful Findings, #1925 - Double Down, #2146 - I Am Here....Now, #2313 - Pass Thru)
Review:
There are probably people who actually believe Neil Breen makes movies as some sort of a joke. Well, that would be stupid, so let's approach these movies with the curiosity of wondering how a filmmaker continually manages to make terrible movies ("so bad it's good" should be sent to the woodchipper). As before, Breen serves as the costume designer to go with a variety of other things that he "cleverly" tries to hide in the credits. Apparently, the movie had crowdfunding from GoFundMe that raised a few thousand dollars, with filming being done at Nevada State College. So, what's the plot description for this film? Breen plays two identical twin brothers (well, "identical" minus the fake beard) that are hybrid A.I. entities that have different methods to "achieve justice for humanity", mainly because one got fired for not doing good at their job (which namely involves things like protecting troops or jumping in the air). All for the runtime of 89 minutes, as evidenced by the poster that you can see on the actual website (complete with an AOL account, in case you need to ask questions about how to buy a DVD for $30). In 2023, a sequel was released with Cade: The Tortured Crossing.
You can see that this is the film where Breen really wanted to do green screens for damn near anything possible. But hey, at least the premise is different. He has evolved from cut-off vests with medals from his very first film (which he made in 2007, mind you) to having folks admit their crimes before a mass suicide to now just making folks vanish/blow up to...having a plot to take one guy's "empire" down. While having a scene where he just sits near a computer. One sequence in particular sticks out early: Our hero bumps into a girl and tries to apologize to her with a date but she rejects it. Then he follows her house and breaks in that leads to a fight...where it is then revealed that they actually already are in a relationship and that I guess they like to roleplay. Ever hear of Henry Darger? That was a janitor/hospital worker who became noted only in death because of a 15,145-page novel he had written about child slave rebellion to go along with a variety of collages and illustrations*. Breen's movies must feel like that: the work of someone who just wrote whatever the hell popped in their head, and I don't even know if Breen has ever actually been influenced by movies with his stuff. Stock footage and green screens are all that you get with this movie when it isn't filmed at night, complete with an eagle because, reasons. I wonder when and how Breen was compelled to start making movies like this: he has to be, what, 60 by this point? He basically is doing the same kind of weird fan-fiction about himself that for whatever reason deals with the fallout of people being abandoned (children or not) to go with saying mealy-mouthed stuff about artificial intelligence and casting people that probably aren't too different than if you found people at your local Denny's to go do a video. I reject the idea that Breen is an outsider artist, mainly because Breen just seems like he makes movies for whatever he pleases, regardless if they get screened at festivals or not. His stuff is repetitive yet they earn one star because even this is a smidge above Coleman Francis (that may be the real low bar, don't let anyone tell you about Ed Wood). Between the strange magic frames, diamonds, guys getting shot and again and a reference to the ending of Pass Thru (which is being screened in a room with an Ultraviolet poster), there is plenty to notice for what ultimately is another Neil Breen experience in confounding strangeness.
Overall, I give it 1 out of 10 stars.
Black Friday: Postal.
*see, Movie Night does try to teach.
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