Fandom Promo Post: Razor Sharp (2006) - Short Movie

[scribblemyname]

Let me begin by saying I love this little movie, I love the comic book vibe of it, I love the banged up operation, I love the characters, and I love the dialogue. I nominate it almost every exchange I participate in and it's short enough I beg you to watch it and decide whether it's your own cuppa.

Less than 30 minutes, but it packs in the characterization of a small crew with a lot of history, backstory with a sleazy but fun fence, and an interesting plot. It feels like the pilot of a half hour tv show to me with a banged up operation like Firefly, thieves and grifters like Leverage (minus a tad bit of the altruism), and a fun comic book feel without the superpowers.

It has hilarious dialogue, like, "Just wait while I reboot my brain here."

The Characters

Veronica Sharpe: a thief/corporate grifter with a code of ethics. She'll steal software or hardware, but not art and certainly not what Dex just dropped in her lap. Played by Cassidy Freeman, aka Tess Mercer in Smallville. She's a little clumsy with a lot of heart and a knack to keep going and get the job done creatively and humorously despite a whole lot of problems along the way.

Bryce: the Russian mastermind who worked with her father and provides the banged up gear they use. Veronica's clearly like his daughter and he has some of the funniest lines in the film—and a computer he calls her sister. Priceless.

Dex: the fence with the stack of jobs and the "fruity lapels." Dex found Veronica after their last disagreement and parting of the ways by tracking her Macy's card. Somehow he's endearing while simultaneously offputting. Played by Michael T. Weiss, aka the Pretender. Yeah, that pretender.

Isis: A hacker kid who doesn't know what to make of Veronica's "unprofessionalism" but quickly gets with the program, turns helpful, and is no damsel in distress. She hits Veronica upside the head before she figures out they're allies. Played by Skye McCole Bartusiak.

If I yak any more here, I'm going to spoil the whole thing. Just watch it?

Comments

[geckoholic]

Call me predictable, but you basically had me at Michael T. Weiss. Pretender was one of the first shows I fell really, really hard for. BRB, putting this on my to watch list. :D

[scribblemyname]

:grins so hard:

[geckoholic]

Okay, yep, that was fun. :D

[scribblemyname]

Does this mean I can ever prompt you Razor Sharp fic? :bats eyelashes:

I've written a little bit, but it's hard to keep enthusiasm to try a longer piece when basically no one reads it.

[geckoholic]

I wouldn't know where to start on my own, but we don't know until we try?

And yeah, the really small fandoms are hard. :/ There's a few I'd like to play in more, but if one's pretty much talking to oneself... Ehh.

[scribblemyname]

Well, on the bright side, there would be prompts involved, so not dry run as much.

What baby fandoms do you wish someone else would pick up? Anything that sounds like my cuppa?

[geckoholic]

So I wouldn't be opposed to it, I guess. XD No promises though.

And the fandoms with the most tragic rifts between how much *I* love them and how *tiny* they are would be The Killing and Strike Back. TK is a crime show and it has the female character that currently tops my favorite ladies list and Strike Back is, uh. A spy show. Total testosterone TV, I must admit, but it's SO GOOD. And then a few comics... Inhuman or Saga, for example.

[scribblemyname]

The Killing doesn't look like my cuppa, but if Strike Back is on Hulu, I'll check it out.

[geckoholic]

Yay! If you do watch it, start with S2. It basically gets rebooted after the first season, it's a whole different show, and tbh I imo the first season sucks. XD

[scribblemyname]

Thanks for the heads up. :salutes:

[geckoholic]

Heeh, do report your findings, if you watch it? :D

[scribblemyname]

Will do.