Battle Zone

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Runtime: 24:51
Initial Filming Date:
Filming Wrap Date:
Release Date: April 23, 2007
Classification: III (moderate violence and some language)

CAST AND CREW

CAST
Joseph Payne- Zack O'Neill
Alex Moresco- Chris O'Neill
Cris Torres- Nicholas Barret
Neta Assaf- Sarah Coen
Bonnie Qin- Bonnie Chang
Sundar Cherukuri- Walter
Nima Khalily- Black Market Dealer/Gangster
Sapphire Fein- Chef
Oleg Shabrov- Gangster
Jim Pearse- Gangster
Casey Sakima- Gangster
A Person- Gangster
Anthony Asher- Gangster
Nick Fishler- Gangster
Eric Jones- Guy Getting Mugged
Kevin Johnson- Mugger
Nikolay Shurygin- Mugger

CREW
Location Scout- Joseph Payne
Weapons- Joseph Payne
Weapons- Alex Moresco
Camera- Neta Assaf
Camera- A Person
Camera- Oleg Shabrov
Camera- Trent Toda
Camera- Bonnie Qin
Camera- Anna Shabrov
Camera- Nima Khalily
Camera- Alex Moresco
Camera- Cris Torres
Camera- Nick Fishler
Camera- Eric Jones
Camera- Joseph Payne
Editor- Joseph Payne
Writer- Joseph Payne
Director- Joseph Payne

Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 (16:9 master)

JP Films (c) first "real film".

[Eric T. Jones]

Well, this is definitely the longest film from all of us (at least, until "'Con'science"). As you gain more experience as a filmmaker, I'm sure you'll find this effort to be mostly unwatchable- I could go on for hours about the technical glitches and little script problems, but I won't.

(**1/2) Contains some undeniably kickass situations, including a couple of classic feminist moments and though there are some sloppily-done stunts, plenty of others we would have killed for in our "Fight Movie 3" days. Some of those punches and gunshots were done perhaps a little too well (plenty of this being because of the sound).

The ending does fall along the lines of abrupt and confusing, though I can only imagine this is a cliffhanger setup for the sequel.

One day I'm sure you'll outgrow the action genre and use the unlicensed music less (the moments that have it can easily be replaced with generic riffs while retaining the same effect), but overall this is definitely a step up for JP Films. So for now take this as a congratulations!

[kenny]

I must say I also enjoyed the film. Yeah, the fight sequences kicked ass, and I hope I can top this with some of the scenes I have planned for "Productivity." "Sorry, we were a little tied up" is somewhat of a cliche pun nowadays, and the unlicenced music has to go if you want to release this to DVD. But the film was quite good and I give special credit to the segment where someone fell in the pool- We should have done that for FM3 or LFM, too bad none of us had a change of clothes. Damn! As for the plot, it was also a good one, although I would have liked to see Joseph's character start to lose it a little like he did in the scene where they torture the black market dealer- coulda went Latino-Jack Bauer on him. Props to you guys, it was great. Since the ending too was a cliffhanger, I eagerly await the next installment.

3/4- Allright! Nothing like a little competition so us filmmakers can improve ourselves!

EDIT: Just as a note, some ADR might be required for a few scenes: I could barely hear the dialog in some parts.