Anatomy of a Psycho stars Darrell Howe as Chet. Chet is a tough as nails young man whose brother is sentenced to death. Chet believed the brother to be innocent, but he's the only one. His brother is put to death and soon thereafter Chet is after his revenge. Revenge against who is hard, his anger unfocused at first soon gets honed down when he finds the son of the man who was a witness against his brother.
This movie was pretty great. The dialogue is tight and to the point, and the acting elevates a simple story. Darrell Howe plays a tightly wound, flawed and deeply humane main character in Chet. They capture a huge amount of suburban anger, pent up teenage aggression, and frustration. The cops are in the mix, Chet's gang of troublemakers is there too, and the plot keeps us interested as things progress.
This story is also has the simplicity of "getting in too deep" going for it. It's really easy for these characters to spin a small lie, to deceive a little bit. But as the lies and the actions keep on stacking up, they get dug in deeper and deeper and deeper. A giant spinning top that gets out of control, we're in it as the audience, curious about the outcome.
A couple issues were present in the film, for one the script has dramatic slow downs and speeding back up. The trial towards the latter half slows things down in a huge way, and sometimes there's no point to some of the scenes. They throw in a romantic angle for Chet's sister that feels awkward and rushed, and the whole end is a bit too convoluted to be as powerful as it could have been. That said, I do think the end was refreshingly realistic in many ways.
This is a good new boxset do far! This might have the best run of films in it so far, but I better not get too optimistic huh...? Anything could await me. I'll give this one 3 stars.
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