12 Hour Shift

This was a kinda horror farce from the start, it was low budget, there is a lot of blood, and overall I enjoyed it.

There was something quirky and different with the acting and the central roles were very funny.

Overall I giving this a 6/10 for turning out to be unexpectedly good fun.

Not much of a film. Weirdly posited as a black comedy/horror/thriller set in a hospital at night. An illegal organ harvesting scheme is going on and the protagonist (former MAY starlet Angela Bettis) is actually involved as one of the nurses. We also get David Arquette as his usual scuzzball and a sterotypical dumb blonde. A fair bit of killing takes place but with unlikeable characters and a lack of narrative drive, it doesn't really impress.

Well, I will be the first to admit that "12 Hour Shift" from writer and director Brea Grant was something else, for better or worse. Like it or not, then this isn't your average horror comedy, or whatever genre it falls into.

Personally, I wasn't overly thrilled about this movie. It was the pacing of the storyline and the absurdity of the events that made me slip in between the grasp of director Brea Grant. I didn't really enjoy the movie, truth be told. Sure, it was watchable, and there were parts of it that were actually good, especially for an absurd dark comedy, but the movie as a whole was just a swing and a miss for me.

The storyline was just a bit too far out there, especially towards the last 30 minutes of the movie, then everything just spun out of control and the movie went from being out there to being completely lost beyond the scope of sight. The entire movie was just permeated by a sense of lack of realism, as most of the things transpiring throughout the storyline were just too far fetched to actually have much of any footing in reality.

Initially I was thrilled to see Angela Bettis in the movie, and I will admit that her performance definitely helped to keep the movie afloat, as she is well-placed in offbeat horror movies with elements of comedy as well. And it was also interesting that they had David Arquette appear in the movie, just a shame that he wasn't given more screen time, because he could definitely have spruced up the overall feel of the movie.

The cast ensemble was good, and people were actually doing good jobs with their given characters and roles, just a shame that the script and storyline was sort of restrictive and limiting for the performers.

I managed to sit through the entire ordeal, but honestly I wasn't overly entertained or enjoying the storyline. As such, I am forced to give the movie a less than mediocre four out of ten stars. The movie definitely had a great amount of potential, but it was just steered in a wrong direction.