i agree with the reviewer who write that leo be vulnerable to charge of be pretentious . it also dip into melodrama in a couple scene involve dennis hopper stock villain and and some of the other character need to be flesh out more . however and i would much rather see a first time director tackle a project with the complexity and ambition of leo than to have them make yet another pseudo wry and post modern and tarantino imitation and or and bad and a boring and routine slasher film . therefore and i applaud mehdi norowzian for his effort and even if his reach may currently exceed his grasp . i will look forward to see future effort from a director who obviously have talent . btw and i think one of the external review make an issue of norowzian background in commercial work . i do not understand the negative view of this . many talented filmmaker get their start direct commercial or music video . robert altman make industrial film before his first and undistinguished feature and which star future billy jack and tom mcloughlin . a person have to learn their craft somewhere . there be only so many orson welles type who spring forth a genius in their first effort .