REVIEW: The Lift

I always admire indie movies because of the crew’s determination, their heart and their willingness to never give up. Most directors start off grabbing a standard video camera, throwing together a simple script and shooting a backyard home video. With the exception of shooting it in their backyard, The Lift is exactly what this is. The very first film by Mark McCarthy. While traveling down an isolated dirt road Jim picks up Mike, a trouble man who has a severe bite wound on his hand. En Route to the nearest doctor, Mike begins to change into something that’s not dead but not living. It’s very simple and for a movie with practically no budget it wasn’t bad.

There isn’t really much to be said about The Lift because it wasn’t too big of a production, there wasn’t any lighting techniques or stylized camera movements. What I noticed was that the production team wasn’t just a director and a camera operator. For a first attempt at a movie, it was pretty good. However, there is only one critique that I have: The beginning reminded me of Night of the Living Dead with the filter making the footage a sepia tone. I think it would have been pretty cool if you stuck with this tone the rest of the movie. Aside from that, this was a good movie.