Bullets Over Breakfast
By Miguel Coyula • Jan 26th, 2005 • Category: Action/AdventureThree armed, hungry roommates wake up to realize there is only one waffle left for breakfast in this fun short filled with non-stop shootouts. Yes, there is not much story here. But one feels that this piece was not only made for fun, but mostly to showcase the FX skills of the filmmakers wrapped in an offbeat sense of humor.
Everything is decently shot, scored and edited (except for some abuse of strobe effect during action scenes) but the pyrotechnics are truly the highlight of Bullets Over Breakfast. The result is a mix of Tarantino, John Woo and even the Matrix: Characters dodging slow motion bullets breaking through the air, a whole array of different weapons, digital bullet holes all over the walls. It is a good marriage of live action with CGI. This is the result of good planning when shooting, having in mind the right choices for postproduction when you know exactly what you want.
The DVD is nicely packed with all sort of extras, commentary, bloopers, etc.
Overall while not very deep, Bullets Over Breakfast is fun, and a good short to take a look at if you are planning to do no-budget action. I look forward to see more from this group.
Three Stars
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Miguel Coyula is the director of the $2,000 sci-fi epic Red Cockroaches. His next project is Memorias del Desarrollo, a follow-up to the Cuban classic Memorias del Subdesarrollo (1968), based on the novel by Cuban writer Edmundo Desnoes
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