Ataques de Pánico! = $$$ and Sam Raimi’s Teet
From Uruguayan director Fede Alvarez, Panic Attack! is a short film depicting giant robots attacking Montevideo for no reason. The film was posted on YouTube on November 3 and within 24 hours Alvarez’s Uruguayan cell was blowin’ up. Apparently made for a measly few hundred dollars, the short has netted Alvarez a six or seven figure deal with Ghost House Pictures.
This is reminiscent of how Neill Blomkamp and District 9 were propelled to the major leagues, only Blomkamp’s short was actually as inventive as it was visually fresh. Alvarez’s has some cool visuals, but they don’t look any more impressive than RPG cut scenes from ’97. There’s also no depth – just giant robots destroying Montevideo. Yawn City.
- Patrick Cooper
November 30th, 2009 at 9:14 pm
Jacking the score from 28 Days Later doesn’t help, either.
November 30th, 2009 at 10:15 pm
what the fuck?
seriously?
December 1st, 2009 at 3:07 am
I would have used this score:
December 1st, 2009 at 9:39 am
That kind of sucked. He get a 6 or 7 figure deal but the dudes who did Worst Case Scenerio are relegated to trailer-to-movie purgatory!?
December 1st, 2009 at 10:04 am
The whole thing kind of defies its own logic. WIthout being too spoilery, what the robots do at the end completely defeats the purpose of their whole drawn out attack in the first place. Or was shooting all the missiles and shit just for fun?
December 1st, 2009 at 10:02 pm
All things wrong with this aside…. well actually if those are all aside, there is nothing left.
February 1st, 2010 at 9:56 am
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