Predicament: DVD Review
Predicament
Rating: M
Released by Vendetta Films
Adapted from
the novel by New Zealand author Ronald Hugh Morrieson, this is the tale of naive
teen Cedric Williamson (newcomer Hayden Frost).
Cedric is bullied at school and has an odd family life (to say the
least). His father (Tim Finn) is building an enormous tower in their front yard
from rubble, as he copes with the loss of his wife.
One day Cedric meets Mervyn Toebeck (Heath Franklin aka comedian
Chopper) and the pair forms a friendship, with Mervyn abusing the bond to bludge
off Cedric and his family.
When pasty white oddball
Spook (Jemaine Clement) shows up, the trio hits upon the idea of blackmailing
the locals - and Cedric's determined to use the scheme to get revenge against
the Bramwells (the developers who stole his family land).
But the revenge plot goes a little wrong.
Wannabe Gothic comedy it may be, but Predicament remains a difficult
and divisive watch. Sure Clement and Franklin make good watching, and while the
scenery is beautifully realized and shot, there's little that's actually
engaging in the film itself.
Which is bitterly
disappointing - I can't exactly pinpoint why Predicament doesn't do anything for
me; but it is a curio of a film.
Extras: Trailers, featurettes and cast and crew
interviews - nothing sensational.
Rating:
5/10
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