A Case For Better Action Movies: Indie Crime Thriller JACKSON BOLT Strikes With Low-Brow Resolve

Normally when I screen an independently-produced film, I offer as much of a curve as I possibly can while reviewing. I’m a regular advocate of DIY filmmaking for creatives who have observed their own respective talents and strive to build themselves and bring good storytelling and equally fierce screenfighting to the fray in their projects. Some are zero-budgeted while others have some type of investment involved with a crew of enough experienced people to help bring the essential pieces together for a single movie. Conclusively, when it works, it works. That said, I’m not going to go into the specifics regarding the development and history leading up to the production of a’Ali DeSouza’s feature debut, Jackson Bolt, starring actor and decorated martial artist, Robert Parham. My knowledge on that end is nil. However, what I do know, pertaining to the latter statement of my introductory paragraph, is that while when […]

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