Cop Car (2015)

I imagine that it can be difficult to find young, relatively unknown, actors to cast for a low-budget film. As a viewer, I can’t say that I typically expect too much from young actors as I’m sure it’s difficult to appear in front of a camera for the first time with hundreds of eyes watching you, however, I thought that Craig Fincannon and Lisa Mae Fincannon did a phenomenal job of choosing James Freedson-Jackson to play the part of Travis and Hays Wellford to play the part of Harrison. The two young boys were convincing and it felt, at times, that I was just watching two kids moving through the course of a normal day (even though the events that take place over the course of the film are anything but normal). I did ask myself, however, who would think it’s acceptable to allow your children (who are probably no more than ten or twelve years old) to act in a film that asks them to curse repeatedly throughout the entire thing? Kevin Bacon, as usual, is fantastic in his role; he is compelling and even though his character is quite odd, I find his character to be charmingly funny. This story was very out of the ordinary and like nothing I had even seen before. I thought that Jon Watts and Christopher Ford did an incredible job from start to finish. I feel that considering all that happens throughout the course of the film, this film is very much a story of innocence. Again, Watts and Ford succeeded in portraying this idea to their audience. When I saw this film for the first time, having heard little to nothing about it, I was pleasantly surprised with the outcome. The end of the film was terribly upsetting and director, Jon Watts left it open for some discussion, which sometimes adds another interesting dimension to a film--I thought it worked well at the end of this film.  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3813310/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1