Concealed

Congratulations writer/director Shane T Hall! In creating Concealed you've managed to make a wannabe thriller in which nothing makes any sense at all. You've crazily tried to blend aspects of the thriller, mystery and laughably, domestic drama genres and ended up with the stupidest film since Plan 9 From Outer Space. But unlike that somewhat famous turkey, Concealed tries to take itself seriously. Consider the following idiotic plot points, some of which may involve spoilers. Sallie disappears and then Max seemingly does everything in his power to appear disinterested and not cooperate with the inquiring police officers' questions. Why, when he tells every other character in the film he's desperate to find her? This has to occur, so he can launch his own bizarre investigation. It's never explained why he thinks he can do better than the police. Max's bestie. Richard, joins the hunt. Richard hasn't seen Max for 6 years and is keen to help, but then every time Max proposes something, Richard wants to do the opposite. BTW, this usually involves him suggesting the most sensible option, which Max immediately rejects. Really absurd things ... such as going to the police. Later after a ridiculous storyline involving smuggled blood diamonds, the cops save Max's skin during an hilariously staged suburban shoot - out. If you think there'd be some procedural follow - up to the movie's "big action set piece" (which also involved Richard's kidnapping), you'd be wrong. The police promptly disappear from the movie for around the next 30 minutes. Why you may ask? I have no idea. They do turn up again a lot later to tell Max that Sallie (Remember her?) has turned up dead after which Max begins to cry. Why? Well I'm not sure as Sallie herself hadn't even been mentioned for a very long time. In the interim there had been much boring and totally irrelevant "human interest" drama centring on Sallie's junkie sisterJackie, Jackie's daughter and the 2 sisters' parents, who oddly didn't seem that worried about Sallie's disappearance. I can't say much more except to say, that thankfully the film does end up finishing with not a hell of a lot resolved, as far as I could make out. But not particularly surprising in such a dysfunctional, hybrid film as Concealed is. A bonus feature for you that I must mention. This is a film which is so daft, that it wants you to believe that the Sydney (largest city in Australia) Chess Club meets in a large dark shed with galvanised steel walls and whose membership consists of knuckle - dragging heavies who demand $20 a game from new members/players, whilst also doing a sideline in smuggling. Suffice to say as a chess player myself, I was simply aghast. It is indeed that sort of farcical movie. Avoid at all costs!

Action none, a lot of irrelevant Drama 80%, I skipped through all the boring crap, bad storyline which has been uses many times before, bad acting or reading a bad script from unknown actors, very drawn out slow going, total garbage.

Good movie!