Spin Film Review

Originally produced in 2007 but shelved until recently it was released on dvd december 28th and renamed Spin. So don't look for the title you are here. Flixster for some reason has some old info and pictures and not a current picture of the dvd cover. A lot of my friends liked a movie a few years ago called Rules Of Attraction starring a bevy of young up and coming actors who some have gone on to stardom while others have not so much. James Van Der Beek, Shannon Sossamon, Jessica Biel, Kip Pardue, Kate Bosworth, and Jay Baruchel. I never really got a lot out of it because the characters weren't really that likeable. Maybe I need to see it again because Spin reminds me of that movie quite a bit. However this film basically condenses everything down to one night at a club with different perspectives of what went down from all the different participants. Part Rules Of Attraction and to a lesser extent the fine film Go, which this film never achieves the greatness that Go does. Once again some characters are unlikeable and shallow but that never ways down the film's fun because the film never stops zipping along at a speedy rate. With a tight direction from Henry Pincus (his first feature length film, will he get another chance since this film was shelved for so long? Who knows!) and clocking in at barely over 80 minutes with credits the film was basically the right length. Some nice performances from the guy that everybody calls and tells him what happened to them, Mick (played by Adam Campbell-Date Movie, Epic Movie) to the main lead Ryan (played by Patrick John Fleuger), Aubrey (Bijou Phillips in a great scene talking to Mick about the night before while getting her nails done), the beautiful Katie Cassidy (Nightmare On Elm Street, put this girl in more roles!!) who plays Apple who has a the hots for Ryan, and who is Cassie's (Lauren German, beautiful) best friend and it's Cassie that's Ryan's got feelings for. All of this plays out in a wild night of sex, drugs, and more drugs and a veterinarian clinic. Even Michael Biehn shows up as sleaze producer Tony Russo. An enjoyable film of characters that you might not want as your friends but if they were there wouldn't be a boring moment from them. Recommended.