A Lonely Place For Dying

Excellent Action Film
This is a great action movie with a wonderful cast including performances by James Cromwell (The Artist, The Green Mile) and Michael Wincott (Alien: Resurrection, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves). I'm a big fan of the testosterone-driven dark action genre that was popular in the late 80's/early 90's (think the Crow, or the original Punisher with Dolph Lundgren) and I find this film satisfyingly reminiscent. It provides a rich set, compelling characters and an engaging story that sucks you into a dark and atmospheric world. I highly recommend it.

Impressed and entertained!
I was very impressed by this entertaining, creative independent film! Let's face it, so many independent films feature some kind of hip-wanna-be love story or the like. It's not often you come across one that features this type of story with special effects and sound at the level of quality I witnessed in "A Lonely Place for Dying"! The score was as high-caliber as a multi-million dollar Hollywood film, in my opinion! The story line was quite creative. I kept close attention on the dialogue so as to catch every little twist and turn throughout the story. Kind of nice to find a good action movie that makes you think as well! I would absolutely watch this more than once. I'm really looking forward to seeing what this production company will come up with next!

Ambitious Indie Film
I saw this film at the Mariner Theatre in Marinette, Wisconsin, several weeks ago, and was very impressed. A small, startup production company like Humble Magi is typically on the path of least resistance, and might have gravitated towards low-budget horror or some sort of simple romantic comedy. "A Lonely Place for Dying" is a pleasant and very ambitious surprise.

Ross Marquand gives a top-notch performance as a KGB agent looking for asylum, and audiences should stay on the lookout for more of his work. Kudos to Humble Magi, too, for being able to bring actors of Michael Wincott's and James Cromwell's calibre aboard. There's excellent chemistry and reasonable consistency of style among the cast; even Mr. Cromwell's cameo performance slots in neatly, despite its literally being phoned in from a separate shoot.

Justin Eugene Evans' direction is interesting and steady, though the editing for me lags in places: I would have liked to have seen another pass to catch...

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