Jason is a small-time criminal and con artist. His misdemeanours range from petty scams to outright robberies. He is also manipulative and domineering. But his girlfriend Cheryl is so desperate to become a recognized artist that she willingly assists in his rackets. The big carrot that Jason dangles in front of her is a gallery showing of her art.
One evening, while fleeing the scene of a variety store robbery, Cheryl mistakenly thinks she has slammed the getaway car into Donald, a drunken philosopher. Cheryl thinks she's almost killed him, but Donald, who has a penchant for inept suicide attempts, believes she has saved his life and could be his guardian angel. Their lives become inextricably linked.
Review
Without any doubt this is certainly up there as one of my favourite Jaimz Woolvett movies. It's not going to blow you away with suspense or high intense drama, but it will give you a little boost of feel good factor and that's never a bad thing. Jaimz Woolvett plays Donald, who first appears in this movie as a drunk about to throw himself off a bridge onto a busy highway below. He is stopped however by a passer by who proceeds to yell at him for even thinking of putting other peoples lives at risk, and as Donald staggers on his way he finds himself walking into the path of the other two main players in this film and the story proceeds.
The plot gives the impression of ambling along but not in a looking at your watch type way, you actually want the girl, Cheryl, to succeed and you want Jason to get taken down a peg or five and that's what makes this a very watchable film because right up until the final scene you have no idea what the resolution will actually be. The story twists and turns enough to keep your interest and the ending is very satisfying.
Jaimz plays Donald with a nice touch of innocence, but with such a dark centre that when the big reveal about his past comes to light you can't help but totally understand his motivations. Every night Donald drinks his troubles into oblivion and makes endless attempts on his life but during the day he's a very presentable, polite and gracious man who feeds the pigeons in the local park as part of his routine.
The complexities of this character from day to night is captured very well by Jaimz, and totally makes this a film worth watching. If I have any complaints then its mainly in the execution of the twist in Cheryl's story, it plays such an important part in understanding her character and the conclusion of this story but it seems rushed, and as a result big leaps are made to reveal the twist without proper development leaving you wondering how the characters got from A to B in some segments.