Driftwood (2006)

User Rating:

5.1/10   

Director:

Tim Sullivan

Writers:

Chris Kobin (writer)
Tim Sullivan (writer)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

"Haunted by Death. Beaten by Life. No one escapes the Pain."

Plot:

Riddled with guilt over the loss of his rock star older brother, 16-year-old David Forrester (Ricky Ullman) becomes obsessed with death...

Cast

Ricky Ullman	...	David Forrester (as Raviv Ullman)
Dallas Page	...	Captain Kennedy (as Diamond Dallas Page)
Talan Torriero	...	Yates
David Eigenberg	...	Norris
Lin Shaye	...	Nancy Forrester
Marc McClure	...	Rich Forrester
Russell Sams	...	Dean Forrester
Baelyn Neff	...	Myra
Jeremy Lelliott	...	Noah
Cory Hardrict	...	Darryl Jones
Frankie Levangie	...	Boyle
Shahine Ezell	...	Cobey
David Skyler	...	KC
Connor Ross	...	Jonathan
John Walcutt	...	Quails

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, language and sexual references.

Runtime:

Greece:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:R | Australia:MA

Trivia:

The youth prison location was discovered by Tim when he watched an AFI Conservatory's cycle film entitled "Mateo", directed by Aaron King, which involved a Latino youth coming of age in a 'youth shelter' camp.

Movie Connections:

References "Punk'd" (2003)

Surprised by this film.

I saw Driftwood Saturday at the Fango Weekend of Horrors. At first I thought Ullman would just pull off some low-end Disney acting, but he was actually very good. You can see a smoldering in his eyes that I didn't expect him to be able to emote at all. Also, he gets to use his real name for the credits in this movie, Raviv. The poster still shows Ricky though.

My expectations were low for Diamond Dallas Page, but he was good. Oddly, I thought the scenes in which Page didn't speak a lot were better than the ones in which he did. But if he can keep getting better than you never know.

Driftwood is NOTHING like 2001 Maniacs. I tried not to think about Maniacs when I went in to see this movie. I didn't need to bother. I wouldn't think Driftwood was by the same director as Maniacs if I had gone in blind. The movies are vastly different in approach and feel.

I have some fun facts for this movie I am afraid to put in here because they might mildly spoil the movie. I do suggest seeing Driftwood. A good ghost story with multi-layered social commentary. The acting is much better than I think most people expect from a B film so don't let that be a deterrent.