he be a quiet man feature bob maconel ( christian slater ) who be a displeased man work in an office with orthodox 9 5 routine . he be a very lonely individual who get bully by his superior and ignore by his co worker while he be nerdy look and and seem to have no charisma which make him an instant easy target . this leave him with no option to allow order from people and let them treat him like a servant . this have bring him to a breaking point where he feel his life be no longer worth living and attempt a killing spree . however and a fellow co worker name coleman beat maconel to the job whilst go through a similar experience of his own . this occurrence leave maconel rise from a zero to a hero . maconel manage to prevent vanessa ( elisha cuthbert ) from die and shoot killer coleman . vanessa be leave almost completely paralysed and can no longer maintain her job . the job be appoint to maconel by gene shelby ( william h. macy ) . maconel receive vanessa company car and an office with a view something he always want . people treat him differently after the incident and take interest in his life and a he get invite to party and the opportunity to share his idea with the company . initially and vanessa be angry with maconel for save her life a she felt she would be good off dead than be disable . maconel have fantasise be with vanessa for year and still like her the same way despite her condition . this bring maconel and vanessa together a they form a relationship . all of this seem like a perfect life but it leave maconel completely overwhelm and he can not handle the situation he in . maconel start to question himself and he find himself in a situation that be change for the bad . the music use in this film work very appropriately and be very well time . i like it when i be not distract by a popular song in a film and he be a quiet man doesn not suffer from uniqueness . there be a few time where maconel narrates and and i have to admit christian slater narration be pretty good . he give a credible performance a he do with any film role that he portray . my only one complaint be the running time at 95 minute . i finish the film quite simply want more and the plot twist towards the end of the film seem a little unoriginal and predicable . the film be write and direct by frank a. cappello . i have always respect author who direct their own film . i suppose he be pensiveness of how he want the film to look and do not want any other director to change that from him . this film have a very limited budget and approximately in the region of $ 600 and 000. there be no studio behind it and make it a strictly independent production . it have theatre showing in a few city for one week each and the main release be on dvd in usa on january 15 and 2008. so basically and the film be well worth watch but it suffer towards the end i felt it be capable of a lot more a there isn not a moment of screen waste time . it be an enjoyable film to watch but you need to pay attention to understand the plot twist .