Capture Kill Release Review

Capture Kill Release is a 2017 feature film directed by Nick McAnulty and Brian Allan Stewart. The review screener of this film was sent courtesy of Midnight Releasing.

An interesting take on the found footage genre that delivers some moments of stomach-churning gore, Capture Kill Release sputters a bit by the midpoint but there is no denying the tense finish it brings in the finale.

The hardest act for any found footage film is ultimately going to be the midpoint of the film. It is the place where the novelty of the filming style wears down and it really is up to the relationship; we have with the characters to help make up for that.

While Jennifer and Farhang do bring an air of believability to their roles, the motivation for everything just never feels justified, leading to questionable decisions that each make as they delve deeper into a place a madness.

It is in fact the whole “just to do it,” mentality that doesn’t give a strong starting off point from the onset. While at first it may be a believable premise, the slow start to the actual action takes a bit too long to get to.

When we do get there, though gorehounds will surely not be disappointed. The emphasis on really showing how it might be to hack away body parts is done really well. The effects on display are highly effective here too. Clearly a lot went into this piece of the film that while strong in its own right, in retrospect makes everything that comes before it feel like a touch of set dressing so to speak.

It is almost sad to say that we don’t get more of this kind of violent fun on film as it would have added more, especially in the already too much harped upon middle act of the movie.

From a sheer technical aspect though everything here is handled well. The sound mix is clean, camera work is good and not too shaky (an all-too-common problem with found footage), and the world feels lived in.

Capture Kill Release knows how to bring on the violence when it needs to but we needed just a bit more to keep from things slowing down too much. What is here is all interesting though, while motivations may be a touch lost in the mix it is still not time wasted by any means.

Capture Kill Release was sent courtesy of Midnight Releasing.

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