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简介:Ayoungmanwantstojoinaninner-citygangandwaitstobeselectedbyleaderKarl.Whenheispickedthoughhefindsoutthattheinitiationintothegangisaviolentbloodsport–thehuntingofaninnercityfox. ThisshortfilmwontheBBC3awardforbestnewfilmmaker2006anditisindeedanenjoyableandimpressiveshort.Theplotdealsmostlywithanurbanfoxhuntandisquiteexcitinganddifficulttostomachatthesametime.Narrativewisetheactionandthebasic,unexpandedscenarioisenoughtoholdtheinterestbutoutsideofthatthepointofitwaslostonmesomewhat–wasitacondemnationofinner-cityviolenceorwasitacondemnationoffoxhuntingwiththefilmforcingthosethatsupportthehuntstodosowhenitiscarriedoutbyhoodies.Itisn'tclearwhichofthese(oranother)itistryingotdobutitdoesmakeyouthinkaboutityourselfwhichisagoodthing. ThecastfeaturesagoodbuttypicalturnfromWalters(whoisputtinghimselfaroundwell)butIfeltmorecouldhavebeendonewiththemaincharacterBenplayedbyEden.Asthematerialdoesn'thavetimefordepth,heisleftwithsimpleemotionstoplayout;hedoesitwellenoughbutIdidwantmore.Harper'sdirectionisgoodandhehasusesreallocationswellandmadethisworldfeelconvincing.Overallthenanengaginganddifficultshortfilmthatisnotperfectbutisinterestingforwhatitdoesdo.…