Starring Stana Katic (Heroes, 24, Feast Of Love) SHUT -EYE the latest work from acclaimed Writer/Director John Covert (WAITING FOR THE MAN, THE BLIND LEAD)Music by Fetish Doll, HMB, Little Beano,Trigger 10D,In Strict Confidence, Melotron, Stromkern,Arcanta, Deceptio Mentia, Controlled Fusion, Omegamen,Nemesis,Seventh Omen, Kathy Covert Jensen, Morphine Angel,Project Storm,Paris By Night SHUT_EYE is a hard hitting contemporary character study of family dysfunctionalism, crime and violence played out in the all night dive bars, three flat brownstones and Mob owned strip joints of Chicago’s underworld. With the final weeks of the 2004 Presidential Election as a backdrop, SHUT –EYE is both an exhilerating, and often funny modern film noir and a timely social commentary. Like far too many hard working American couples, Ed (Covert) and Kim (Kern) are barely making their rent each month. Ed, a Police Detective estranged from the force, is reduced to working security for Mafia strip clubs while Kim manages a neighborhood video store. The unending financial strain combined with the recent death of their child has brought them both to the breaking point. Among their family and friends working at one of the clubs are two couples who rip-off some cash filled strong boxes, money the Mob pays Ed to protect. What was already deeply dysfunctional in this extended family of husbands and wives, fathers and daughters, brothers and sisters, lovers, corrupt cops and mobsters now blows back …
Video Rating: 5 / 5