Head Count – Movie Review
Director: Ben Burghart, Jacob Burghart
Writer: Ben Burghart, Jacob Burghart, Josh Doke (Screenplay)
Cast
- Aaron Jakubenko (Great White)
- Ryan Kwanten (Dead Silence)
- Jeffrey Staab (Adira)
- Jamie Addison (The Unseen)
- Addam Bramich (Poker Face)
- Melanie Zanetti (Love and Monsters)
Plot: After escaping prison Kat finds his own revolver pointed to his head by an unknown assailant. As the empty rounds click away, Kat tries to remember what happened to each bullet.
Runtime: 1 Hour 20 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: Head Count starts when Kat (Jakubenko) escape custody on work detail after an incident. He looks to start his life again, however, he is being held by criminals by his gun his stole. However, he must remember how many shots he has taken over the last couple of days if he is going to survive.
Kat explores his former life to see if there is anything left there for him. However, it only brings up old wounds and sets him on a series of comical events.
Verdict on Head Count
Head Count is a thriller following a prisoner who escape during a freak incident and looks to start a fresh life. However, he gets captured and must remember how many bullets are left in his gun.
This thriller looks to so how chaotic a prison escape creates and how easily the past could come back to haunt them. It has moments of comedy, as things spiral out of control leading to the series of events we follow. However, it lacks the spark needed to give us everything the concept presents. It is a hard move to get behind the main character as he doesn’t seem to do enough to make it feel like a bit of a revenge series of encounters it just seems like chance.
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Final Thoughts – Head Count is a simple late-night thriller.
