James Felix McKenney Movies
- 2008
A weekend brainstorming trip into the wilderness sets three aspiring ad men on the trail to terror in this brain-twisting horror film from writer/director Graham Reznick. Their assignment was to overhaul the image of Claractix, a once-popular household cleaner. The trip takes a turn for the worse, however, when one of the men's girlfriends disappears, personalities contort, and a specter from Claractix's past campaigns makes a surprise appearance. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Ben Dickinson, Duncan Skiles, (more)
Three friends out for a day of hunting discover they're the ones whose lives are in danger in this independent thriller. When a guy announces to his friends that he's getting married, two of his buddies decide to take him out for a final weekend of male bonding, centered upon a weekend of hunting and camping. The three New Yorkers head to Delaware and find a secluded spot in the woods where they drink beer and occasionally shoot at random animals. However, as they happen upon a beautiful ridge, shots ring out and they discover they're not the only people in the forest. Before long, the guns go off again and the hunters realize that they've become a target, and they have to find a way out of the suddenly forbidding woods before it's too late. Starring Reggie Cunningham, Ray Sullivan and Sean Reid, Trigger Man received its world premiere at the 2007 South by Southwest Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Reggie Cunningham, Ray Sullivan, (more)
Machines fight for control of a world destroyed by man in this ultra-low-budget sci-fi saga from filmmaker James Felix McKenney. A global war has left the surface of the Earth uninhabitable, and the few humans who have lived through the conflict have been driven underground in order to survive. The Girl (Christine Spencer) lives in a subterranean bunker that she shares with several rattletrap robots of her own design. The Girl occupies herself by watching old videotapes of a scientist who was her friend and mentor before the apocalypse, but lately she has other things on her mind. Another survivor (Brenda Cooney) has established a robot army, and is using the machines to lay claim to the remains of the Earth. As the Girl constructs her own mechanical security force, she discovers the Enemy Leader has a dangerous surprise in his arsenal -- the ability to turn the Girl's robot friends against her. The ranting scientist in Automatons is played by Angus Scrimm, best known to horror film buffs as "the Tall Man" from the Phantasm franchise. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Laree Love, Don Wood, (more)
