The Prodigy (2005)
"The Prodigy" tells the story of small-time enforcer Truman Fisher's vicious conflict with a sadistic assassin who has chosen the unwilling Truman to be his successor. The assassin, who goes by the alias Rains and whose exploits have become the source of legend among Truman's underworld colleagues, drives Truman, through the pressure of constant violence and grief, to understand his own capacity for both bloodshed and compassion. Ultimately this reveals to Truman that he as with all of us, must find our place in this world or as Rains would say "our place in this grand design." This action begins quickly as Truman meets with a turncoat from a rival gang. This tense showdown erupts quickly into mayhem, when Rains makes his unexpected entrance. In the wake of the ensuing bloodbath, Truman is forced to reevaluate his own role in the small, violent world he inhabits, suddenly aware that there are larger powers at work which he does not understand...
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I used to work with Glen Vorhis. He was a supervisor of mine at one point in time. He did not tell a lot of people he was an actor. He gave me a DVD of The Prodogy. He told me there was a lot of gifts given to the movie. There is a million dollar green screen effect that they had done for listing in the credits, I believe. the whole movie is intense. The villain comes across as a more intense version of Jason. The shoot outs are realistic, and the action is gripping. I could see who they might have cast, if they had the money. Granted, I only saw this movie because Glen gave me a copy, but I also never saw that side of Glen. He always came across as mild mannered. Great movie.
You will not see a better indie film ever and I still say if blows most of the studio films away. I'm not giving away any spoilers, this movie is so SICK you just have to see it for yourself. I don't know how they did it, but to have the combination of laughter and terror in the same movie is amazing. But what I took away from it mostly is pain. This movie wore me down, the fight scenes are so real and intense that they began to effect me physically as I watched. I really left the theater feeling like someone just kicked my ass. "The Prodigy" is a combination of old school and new technology film-making at it's best. It's a horror film, it's an action film, it's a drama, it's a martial arts movie, it's a sick and twisted comedy...Simply put this movie has it all.
When I first heard of this film, I was afraid that it would just be some vaguely action-oriented slasher flick. Fortunately, my fears were baseless: what I found was a well-shot action-thriller. The cliché's I feared never appeared, and when they seemed about to, my expectations were turned upside down.I was surprised by the sheer number of images that have stuck with me. Oddly, such great images are not inside their trailer, so I was caught totally unaware by the talent of the Director of Photography.Also, and this is a concern in many movies, there are not many strong women characters. There is one woman, memorably, in the film that puts up a really excellent fight. I was surprised, and I wish that there were more women in these kinds of film that are more than window dressing and bad-guy fodder.Highly Entertaining.
The 2006 Edinburgh International Film Festival has premiered an array of high quality feature films, imported from around the globe. However, there will always be a few bad eggs that manage to slip through the festival's cinematic net. 'The Prodigy' is not so much a bad egg, as a scavenging rat that has the ability to close down the most reputable of London restaurants. Previously well received in the United States, William Kaufman's gangster flic resembles a B-movie, as it follows tough-guy 'Truman' around the blood-stained streets of Dallas, Texas, attempting to track down a psychopathic assassin who has kidnapped a local mob-boss' nephew. Too often than not, the dialogue is mind-numbingly boring and the pitiful performances are enough to tip a suicidal man over the edge. A truly terrible film.