Choker (film)

Choker is a 2005 American science fiction action horror film written and directed by Nick Vallelonga and starring Paul Sloan, Colleen Porch, Hayley DuMond, Anthony John Denison, Robert R. Shafer, Katrina Law, and Jesse Corti. The film premiered March 19, 2005, at the Other Venice Film Festival and was released under the title Disturbance on DVD by MTI Home Video in October 2006.

The film was shot on locations in Los Angeles, California over a twelve day period. The roles of Leader and Coroner were originally to be played by men, but were instead played by actresses Haley Dumond and Katrina Law.JoBlo felt that director Vallelonga created a project that was a colorful, stylishly shot, tightly paced and overall vibrant effort, and that film editor David Risotto was to be commended for his work contributing to the free flowing feel of the film. The also praised the film score created by Harry Manfredini, referring to it as exciting and pulse pounding. Toward the acting, they felt that Paul Sloan was magnetic and convincing in his somewhat dual roles, that Colleen Porch gave impeccable delivery and hit emotional levels that went beyond what was on the page, that Hayley DuMond gave the proper intensity, focus and menace for her role. They also offered that the director in his own role of Frank Russo, gave a grounded and stellar show. They also observed as a critique that Robert R. Shafer performance got on ones nerves, but that might have been the intent for his character. After their overall positive review, wherein they addressed storyline and pacing, and made note that the films fight scenes could have been better choreographed, they concluded that the film was a glossy, steamily sexy, clipped paced, competently acted and ingeniously written mishmash of horror, action and SciFi. ........

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