Dotsthavesp I wanted to but couldn't!

Konterr Brilliant and touching

CommentsXp Best movie ever!

Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

jacobsonbrock Just a great movie. The performances were witty and dark. The film is well directed. It is a noir drenched treat. The story line had me and I just loved it. Director Konkle knows what he is doing here. Brittney Powell gives the best performance Ive seen her give. David Beeler is outstanding as Lew a character of surprising levels. All the technical limitations of what must have been a small budget transcend. The tone the effort is a complete joy to watchIts a treat and well worth a look.

peterpasquale This movie is awesome. It was filmed on a shoestring and you won't notice. There are plot twists and suprised and you will love it

oppositeview "Trouble Is My Business" sets out to be a fresh look on an old genre. It succeeds on every level. Taking the look, the feel, and the gritty humor of classic film noir pieces and bringing them together with two versions of Brittney Powell.The dark and moody feel is juxtaposed against the shadow and wit of the writers and director. They use big words and small cars to find their way through a gruesome city of intgrigue. The cast has the challenge of keeping you curious and invested in each character as the simple plot becomes more and more tenacious and fulfilling. Luckily for us, they triumph over the trap of simple parody to make their own mark as a stand alone film. A film like they used to make. Back when they made films.I look forward to the remastered version, where the film grain will be more apparent and the beautiful music will wobble some.* I am not a movie reviewer by trade. And it shows.

jimtolano It's interesting how stories stick with you. This one stuck with me for days.The story is a classic noir setup. Gumshoe down on his luck meets a pretty brunette at his office, sleeps with her, wakes up to blood in his bed but no body, and gets visited by the brunette's blonde sister wielding a gun, wondering what happened to her sister. It gets messier from here, as is the norm with noir. In noir, the story was never simple, even if the sets were. The gumshoe Roland Drake is a Marlowe-esque character and you feel for him and his predicament. He's had a string of unfortunate things happen and while he has certainly retained his sarcasm, his failure to write his own happy ending makes him melancholy. He obviously still longs for that happy ending, which is why he falls hard for the blonde, despite having misgivings about the case and the blonde's weird family. There are some laughs and there is some violence and there's certainly drama, but in my mind this is ultimately a story of romance, albeit not a typical one. To me this is mostly a story of the gumshoe's struggle between his romanticism and the cynicism brought on by his experience. In the end, one must prevail. The struggle of romanticism vs cynicism is timeless and that's the part that always gets to me, and as a result I keep thinking back to this story and my empathy buttons keep getting pushed. There are some really loathsome characters in this story, and while they can't be excused, some of the villainous actions could be seen as reactionary, or at the very least inescapable. The parable of the frog and the scorpion comes to mind.The acting was solid throughout. Some familiar faces as well, if not big names. Steve Tom got a lot of laughs from me (he's one of those guys I keep seeing everywhere). I haven't actually seen Vernon Wells in anything since The Road Warrior, despite his lengthy resume, but it was fun to see him gleefully chew up all the scenery, both real and virtual. Which brings me to the production values.I knew going in that this was going to be a low budget indie so I knew I wasn't expecting The Avengers level production values. But what these guys pulled off on a shoestring budget and a tiny crew is pretty amazing. From what I've seen practically every scene in this film features a virtual set or set extensions of some kind. Which is understandable given the 1940s setting, but mind blowing given the small budget. I can't imagine it being easy to pull off a period piece where a large city like Los Angeles is the primary backdrop, without having tens of millions of dollars just for the production design and visual effects.Is this a perfect film? Of course not. No film is. But it is entertaining and the story stuck with me. What more can I ask for?