Sympathy

Recalling Alfred Hitchcock and Brian Depalma in both style and suspense, first-time director Andrew Moorman has made an extrodinary debut film that is guaranteed to keep even the most jaded viewer on the edge of their seat. In a dingy motel in the middle of nowhere, a bank robberhold a young, attractive girl hostage. Keeping her handcuffed to the bed until he is able to formulate a plan, things go from bad to worse when an escaped convict takes them both prisoner and sets in motion a dangerous and very bloody cat-and-mouse game of one-upmanship. Who wins in the end isn't always about who has control of the gun - but it certinaly helps.