James Cullen Bressack shocked the world with last year’s award winning indie smash, ‘Hate Crime’. Now he returns to the fold with a road trip movie that may be just as messed up.

 

 

Joey (Chuck Pappas) sets to unmask his girlfriend Jennifer (Jessica Cameron) as the cheat that she is and embarks on a trip to see her with the help of his friends Steve (Bressack) and Martin (‘Hate Crime’s’ Jody Barton). Recording his journey to show her exactly what she has lost.  The trio make ‘The Hangover’s’ Wolfpack look like the Powerpuff Girls as they stop off for a party and furthermore at a derelict motel as Steve and Martin desperately help Joey get over his ex.

However, this road trip is on the highway to hell as simple beginnings show their dark side in an epic conclusion that proves that Bressack has a craft for hitting us where it hurts.

 

 

Pappas gives a terrific performance as the all-American Psycho next door morphing from love-struck sap to the twisted creature he becomes and with great support in Bressack and Barton, these three carry the film as a believably tense downhill spiral of chaos and emotion. Cameos from our screen favourites Jessica Cameron, Maria Olsen* and Tristan Risk only add to the all-star indie cast.

 

 

In between the tense action lies a charismatic and rather humourous journey brilliantly written by Bressack that transform the story that plays as an emotional drama until its final third. Once events kick off the rest is pretty predictable but when the thrill ride is this good, it’s good to know what’s coming. The first person camera works brings forth how intense the final scenes really are and with shocking realism, this is both shocking and frighteningly real.

 

 

Filmed entirely on the iPhone 5, ‘To Jennifer’ is a first in the future development of indie films. Sacrificing the budget of camera equipment and placing it where it counts in character, plot and location, ‘…Jennifer’ pays off well. Whether this the way forward is questionable as the found footage genre has all but seen the end of its fan base and low budget indie films will still not appeal to all but hidden behind the amateurish shooting and editing lies a film that is both charming and harrowing.

 

 

When a film leaves you wanting more (very much the opposite to ‘Hate Crime’s’ graphic nature) then ‘To Jennifer’ has certainly hit the spot and is certainly contender for indie film of the year. A second under Bressack’s belt.

 

 

A masterpiece in a building library to his directoral career, this is the reason why all eyes are on Bressack and with his next film already in the making, ‘13/13/13’ will be a date to mark in your calendar.