The Head Hunter.
Not everyone likes indie movies. They're an acquired taste, and many of them (if not most) them are pretty awful. But the gems are out there if you look for them.
I'm an indie movie fan, and I'm here to tell you that if you see only
one indie movie this year, it should be
The Head Hunter.
The best part about this movie is the fact that it was made on a budget of just $30,000, but enjoys the look and feel of a film produced in Hollywood for 1,000 times that amount.
Obviously they had to cut corners somewhere. Here's how they did it:
* a cast of 3
* only one speaking part
* running time of just 72 minutes
* filmed entirely on location in Portugal
The Head Hunter is extremely ambitious for a micro-budget indie movie, but it fulfills those ambitions with tremendous gravitas. Critically, it holds fast to the golden rule of cinematic exposition: show, don't tell. The short running time allows for very little context (we're thrown into the deep end right from the start) but
The Head Hunter drip feeds enough background information to fill in the blanks.
The climax is stunning, and took my breath away.
I rate
The Head Hunter at 29.97 on the Haglee Scale, which works out as an incredible 9/10 on IMDB.
