Milk Can (2005) Online

I saw this film at the 2005 Slamdance Film Festival and was pleasantly surprised. The film was funny and kept me involved. The satire of war is wonderfully placed in two small towns. The filmmaker winks at you, hoping that you'll go along with the idea that people will start a war over a high school football game.

The digital effects were original, unlike any I'd ever seen. In fact, there were some effects that were so good I had no idea they were effects. I can't believe they never had more than a handful of extras.

This film looks like the filmmakers spent a couple of million on it, but they spent maybe a few hundred thousand. Excellent first time effort by Matt Kresling.

Just saw this and I'm thoroughly amazed. The script was so consistently clever and funny, and it was directed with such ingenuity and life that I quickly forgot the budget was peanuts.

You will be continually surprised at the amount of effort that the filmmakers put into this. The premise and story are so good, I can see a studio hiring the director for a remake, Desperado style. I guarantee it would be a sold film.

This movie reminds me of Peter Jackson's Bad Taste in spirit and economy. And like Peter Jackson, Matt Kresling's a natural born filmmaker. I hope his career takes off big time.