See Jane Run (2007/Cinema Epoch)

 

Picture: C     Sound: B-     Extras: D     Feature: D

 

 

One of the most interesting things about the new “torture porn” cycle is that there is actually a subcycle of it in which the creators claim/think they are recreating the 1970s in some form or another.  Unfortunately, that always tends to lack suspense, realism, characters of any interest or originality.  Ryan Webb’s See Jane Run (2007) is the latest such example, which pretends to start out as a project with a story, then makes a sudden, stupid shift into watching another (yawn) sick guy torturing people.

 

Unfortunately, you too will feel like you are being tortured with a very, very, very bad, stupid work that displays a lame sense of dealing with sexuality and is even embarrassing as it progresses.  Did Webb actually see any of the 1970s films he is trying to imitate?  Does he even like film?  Hard to tell.  All I know is we should all join Jane and run away from this turkey as quickly as possible.

 

The anamorphically enhanced 1.78 X 1 image is loaded with motion blur syndrome and has overexposure errors that look more like taping errors than DVD trouble.  The Dolby Digital 5.1 mix makes consistent use of the surrounds, as badly recorded as many elements are.  The useless extras include text bios, producer commentary (as the director could not defend this, we guess), outtakes (remarkably similar to what is left in the flick) and SFX by Paul Magby featurette which is a guide on how not to do them.

 

 

-   Nicholas Sheffo