Corey Pearson’s Taut, Rewardingly Violent MESSAGE MAN Communicates Loud And Clear
Writer and director Corey Pearson brings a debut that carries on the latest tradition of delivering solid, sensible and worthwhile action and drama with Message Man. It’s a pretty long and hard-earned effort seeing as the film was shot in 2015 and I actually learned about this film just a year or two ago myself, and I believe there were some screenings as well which otherwise makes its North American release quite a rewarding one, and not for nothing. The film immerses you straight away into the life of Ryan (Paul O’Brien), just a guy living an idyllic life in solitude on a boat somewhere in Indonesia. He’s tall, has a remarkably full head of hair and a beard to boot. He heads into town to do business with a mechanic before being bombarded by a young boy named Doni (Aji Santoso), looking for work just as his mother Jenti […]