Screenings: 2/2, 9:15 PM (Rep); 2/27, 11:59 PM (Cam 12); 3/1, 9:15 PM (Cal)
This film seems to fancy itself a cross between “Waiting for Godot” and “American Psycho,” but it fails on both fronts. Sure, it has long, rambling, pseudo-intellectual discussions between its protagonists, and it’s offering a commentary on American culture, but it’s a commentary that doesn’t come together with its story in any meaningful way. That’s a pity, because the cast is amazing. Matthew Modine (“Weeds”) and Callum Blue (“Smallville”) are Mr. Jack, who talks endlessly, and Sweet Stephen, who is a serial killer. Zach Galifinakas plays the owner of a porn store whose robbery Mr. Jack and Sweet Stephen wind up involved in. Adam Baldwin (“Chuck” and “Firefly”) plays a cop whose investigations interweave with Sweet Stephen’s crimes. The acting is almost all good, but the script doesn’t live up to the same standard.