Three friends from California are filming an audition tape for an extreme reality game show. They document their journey to Australia where they will be doing their most dangerous activity: Shark Cage Diving. A catastrophic turn of events leaves them in baited water full of Great White Sharks, turning their recording into a blood chilling diary of survival...And death.
Gerald Rascionato
Director
Joel Hogan
Jeff Miller
Josh Potthoff
Josh Miller
Megan Peta Hill
Megan Murphy
Pete Valley
Greg
Mark Fell
Mark the diver
Christopher Callen
Josh and Jeff's Mother
Tara Wraith
Girl lost at sea #1
Teagan Berger
Girl lost at sea #2
Chris Bath
Chris Bath
Robert Ovadia
Robert Ovadia
Paul Adams
Josh and Jeff's Uncle
Ultra-violent storytelling has never been my thing, but the issues with Scarface go beyond that. The film perpetuates harmful stereotypes about Latinx immigrants and uses gore and misogyny for shock value that never serves any purpose. The whole venture is frustratingly empty, and left me desiring something more.
'Ms. Davis’ Close Friend' will make you think about the meaning of death and what it means to be alive, and if there’s really a race to be run with one's inevitable demise.
What can I say about this Will Ferrell/Julia Louis-Dreyfus-led “dramedy?” Well, the comedy part of Downhill is completely non-existent. And I should have known that the film was a flop when I walked into an empty theater at a prime time on a Friday night.
The “gay best friend”, an age-old trope, has been done in countless films and television series. Ranging from one-note (Sex and the City's Stanford and Mario) to nuanced (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt's Tituss), the gay best friend exists to support and advise the main protagonist, with their conflicts swept to the side.
Although not canonically aromantic or asexual. the stories and personalities of these Disney princesses resonate with members of the aroace community.