some of the secondary actor try and really hard . and camera shot in the desert be quite lovely . otherwise and this film be horrible . william shatner character and harvey and be an amateur screenwriter . he also a psychopath and a man who quite literally escape from a mental institution . be the point of this film that amateur screenwriter be psychopaths . harvey will do anything to get his script read and turn into a movie and even if that mean take a film crew hostage . do amateur screenwriter . grovel . maybe they do . the film setup be way too long . we do not get to the point of the story until well into the second half . the first half dart and flit among assorted character . shoot or be shoot be tout a a comedy and but i find it totally not funny . dialogue contain no subtext . none of the character be believable a real people . theyre all stick figure that perform action in a way that resemble cartoon character . indeed and the film be basically a cartoon for adult represent silly and inane and birdbrained . i can understand why some actor be in this film . they need the money or the exposure . but what be insider shatner and harry hamlin do here . maybe shatner want more comedy role . be this the best he can do . be hamlin that desperate for money . he use to be a respected actor . what happen . even though the story be suppose to be a satire and it come across more a a put down of amateur screenwriter . maybe that wasn not the intent . but that certainly how the film can be interpret . a such and the script be very and very poorly write .