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Directed By: Eric Red
Starring:
Famke Janssen as Marnie
Bobby Cannavale as Shanks
Ed Westwick as Joey
Eric Red’s 100 Feet has been making its rounds since mid-2008 and finally found an American release via the Sci-Fi Channel. For those who are “in the know,” any film that ends up on that much-maligned network has an automatic death sentence. Several months after its edited-for-content version was first unleashed, it has finally found an uncut domestic release on DVD. The good news is that it never belonged on the Sci-Fi Channel alongside such films as Frankenfish and Beyond Loch Ness (two films that I am proud to say I have never seen). Even better news is that it is, no doubt, substantially better than just about every other film ever to have its debut on there. The bad news is that, while it is a good film, it is also deeply flawed. An intriguing and occasionally powerful concept is mired in the woes of its obviously low-budget and shoddy technique. This is a prime example of a film that is all idea with very little skilled execution.
