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Not your typical noir flick...
Lanny Green is a guitar playing, pill popping, trouble finding, ne'er-do-well who finds himself on the wrong end of some crooked cops and a drug dealer with deep pockets and endless amount of money supplied to nasty hired thugs who are hell-bent on ensuring our main character doesn't see the end of the day.
When a guitar gets pawned with some incriminating and damning evidence in it, two dirty cops make it their mission in life to ensure that Lanny keeps his mouth shut. As Lanny spirals into a drug fueled tail spin and works to clear his name, get his prized guitar back, and avoid seemingly everyone who has a bone to pick with him, he finds himself hiding out in every place he can imagine while the drug fuel high evaporates and the bad guys get closer and closer. The only question is, what will find Lanny first, salvation from the situation or the nefarious characters hunting him?
I have to be honest, I knew just a smidge about this movie going into the premiere and while I was curious, I also wanted to see what a local filmmaker could do with a skeleton crew, a smaller budget, and a movie shot almost entirely in a six block radius of a small mountain town almost unknown outside of the state.
What director Steve Drake delivered was a truly unique blend of dark comedy, violence, and action that have smacks of early Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino with a dash of young Kevin Smith thrown in for good measure. Chock full of intriguing characters and goofy quips, the movie delivers a solid script and plethora of characters that would belie something considered "low budget" or anything less than a solid first round knockout from a budding young filmmaker. HOCKED packs 96 minutes of laughs, jumps, and a few awkward twists into a most enjoyable cinematic experience.
When a guitar gets pawned with some incriminating and damning evidence in it, two dirty cops make it their mission in life to ensure that Lanny keeps his mouth shut. As Lanny spirals into a drug fueled tail spin and works to clear his name, get his prized guitar back, and avoid seemingly everyone who has a bone to pick with him, he finds himself hiding out in every place he can imagine while the drug fuel high evaporates and the bad guys get closer and closer. The only question is, what will find Lanny first, salvation from the situation or the nefarious characters hunting him?
I have to be honest, I knew just a smidge about this movie going into the premiere and while I was curious, I also wanted to see what a local filmmaker could do with a skeleton crew, a smaller budget, and a movie shot almost entirely in a six block radius of a small mountain town almost unknown outside of the state.
What director Steve Drake delivered was a truly unique blend of dark comedy, violence, and action that have smacks of early Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino with a dash of young Kevin Smith thrown in for good measure. Chock full of intriguing characters and goofy quips, the movie delivers a solid script and plethora of characters that would belie something considered "low budget" or anything less than a solid first round knockout from a budding young filmmaker. HOCKED packs 96 minutes of laughs, jumps, and a few awkward twists into a most enjoyable cinematic experience.
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- Reverand_Patrik
- Jan 10, 2020
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- Runtime1 hour 36 minutes
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