Lake City

by DeAnn Welker November 20, 2008 3:36 PM
Lake City Lake City is so very, very indie that even now, less than a week before its release, clicking on "video" on the movie's official site leads you to the message, "Trailer Coming Soon." Luckily, someone leaked a temp version of the trailer to YouTube, and we can carry on with what we do best on this blog: judging a movie by its trailer (okay, okay, that's actually all we do here). But don't let the "indie" badge it wears so proudly fool you: its star pedigree and festival inclusions at Tribeca, Austin, and Virginia (I know; but it's set in Virginia, okay?) give it serious heft. Sissy Spacek, Troy Garity (Jane Fonda's son, who was so marvelous in Soldier's Girl with Lee Pace in drag), Rebecca Romijn, Keith Carradine, Drea De Matteo and ... Dave Matthews round out the A-list cast.

From the look of it, this is a slow-burner -- the action revolves around Sissy's son Troy returning home after a long time away. Predictably, they have a lot of stuff to sort out -- such as the mysterious, beat-up kid he's brought home with him and just who the hell that creepy dude who looks like Dave Matthews is. Oh, right. So, anyway, at this point, they ratchet up the drama, and the plot turns sharply to reveal that Troy is on the run from a gang of creepy thugs who're now after him, Sissy, and the boy. Cut to scenes of them being chased through corn or wheat fields, which would be frightening enough without someone actively trying to kill you. This is one of those movies that looks every bit as low-budget as it must have been, which makes me wonder two things: 1) How'd they get a cast like this to sign on? And 2) With this cast, why couldn't they get at least a little more money to make it look somewhat less cheaply made?

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