You Move You Die (2007) (V)

User Rating:

3.7/10   

Director:

Ketzal Sterling

Writer:

Ketzal Sterling (story)

Release Date:

4 July 2007 (New Zealand)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

A new breed of gangster.

Plot:

Mike has the girl, the time and the place. The problem is he doesn't have the ring. Before Mike has...

Plot Keywords:

Ring | Engagement | Dark Comedy | Hold Up | Sex

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Ketzal Sterling	...	Mike
Julian Harrison	...	Rob
Patrick Clarke	...	Leroy
Jonathan Allen	...	Wax
Bruce Hopkins	...	Officer Smuggler
Leigh Hart	...	Police Officer
Matt Davison	...	Nickel
Ashleigh Ogden	...	Emma
Simon Prast	...	Parking Warden
Jarrod Martin	...	Gang Leader
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Chrystal Ashford	...	Florist
Daisy Barclay-Economos	...	Marcy
Karl Burnett	...	Carpet Cleaner
Nicola Fitzsimmons	...	Giselle
Angela Gough	...	Drycleaners Victim
Nina Lovrich	...	Shopper
Paula Mataele	...	Super Cop
Kaleb Mearns	...	Dive Shop Assistant
Damon Moore	...	Security Guard
Carwyn Morrison	...	Gang Member #1
Chris Page	...	Gavin
Sarah Sanford	...	Michelle
Mia Koning	...	Walking Girl (uncredited)
Claudia Lovrich	...	Old Lady Victim (uncredited)
Vincent Lovrich	...	Gang Member 2 (uncredited)

Directed by
Ketzal Sterling

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Ketzal Sterling		story and screenplay

Produced by
Vincent Lovrich	....	producer
Chris Ring	....	associate producer
Ketzal Sterling	....	producer
Peter Sterling	....	associate producer
Peter Sterling	....	supervising producer
Adrian Tan	....	executive producer
Kelvin Williams	....	producer

Original Music by
Nick Marsh

Cinematography by
Rhys Duncan
Grant Hyndman
Ben Mack
Christoph Mariani
Sirwan Namo
Gavin Newton
Ketzal Sterling		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Brendon Lodge

Production Management
Grant Hyndman	....	unit production manager
Vincent Lovrich	....	production manager

Art Department
Julian Hindson	....	graphic designer

Sound Department
Jonathan Campbell	....	sound editor
Grant Finlay	....	location sound recorder
Grant Finlay	....	sound recordist
Adam Martin	....	additional location sound
Adam Martin	....	sound recordist
Craig O'Reilly	....	boom operator
Aleana Reynolds	....	adr artist

Visual Effects by
Shae Sterling	....	digital effects artist

Stunts
Angela Gough	....	stunts
Grant Hyndman	....	stunts
Tuteru Otikore Joseph	....	stunts
Claudia Lovrich	....	stunts
Nick Marsh	....	stunts
Dale Masters	....	stunts
Paula Mataele	....	stunts
Carwyn Morrison	....	stunts
Carywn Morrison	....	stunts
Ketzal Sterling	....	action coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Grant Hyndman	....	focus puller
Ben Mack	....	second camera operator
Christoph Mariani	....	fourth camera operator
Nicholas Neame	....	assistant camera
Shae Sterling	....	focus puller

Editorial Department
Grayham Hall	....	assistant editor
Nicholas Neame	....	assistant editor
Matthew Redman	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Raymond Allen	....	armorer
Gunner Ashford	....	armorer
Haylee Benton	....	precipitation defender
Reuben Coghlan	....	production assistant
Lendil D'Souza	....	caterer
Jason Durey	....	armorer
Julian Hindson	....	graphic design chief
Quentin Hokianga	....	production assistant
Tuteru Otikore Joseph	....	location manager
Mia Koning	....	dialogue coach
Vincent Lovrich	....	script supervisor
Elizabeth McRae	....	production assistant
Aleana Reynolds	....	adr artist
Richard Silvester	....	production assistant
Richard A. Strom	....	producer's representative
Ek Long Tan	....	accountant
Rob Warner	....	public relations
Hayden Watts	....	location manager
Hayden Watts	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Grid Productions

Distributors

• Echo Bridge Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2007) (New Zealand) (DVD)

Other Companies

• HD Revolution  adr facilities
• HD Revolution  post-production facilities
• Mt Eden Motorcycles  motorcycles courtesy of
• Rocket Rentals  camera equipment provided by

Runtime:

New Zealand:90 min

Country:

New Zealand

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Singapore:M18

Filming Locations:

Auckland, New Zealand

Company:

Grid Productions

Trivia:

The movie was shot in two days including re-shoots

Quotes:

Rob: What the hell is a cockjam, anyway?
Mike: I dunno, I just made it up then.
Rob: Clearly.

Lock, stock and bottom of the barrel

Alas, Francis Ford Coppola was wrong. The digital camera revolution has not resulted in an explosion of talent gracing our screens. All it has delivered is the never ending glut of amateur material, posturing as cinema, that clog the shelves of video stores worldwide. YOU MOVE YOU DIE is a continuation of this never ending cycle of sub-mediocre, ego- driven and wholly wretched home-movies.

Suffering through YOU MOVE YOU DIE is like watching a gang of young schoolboys, inspired by a movie they just saw, playing Goodies and Baddies as they chase each other around the drab back streets of their boring small town. They play-fight and play-act, and do all things their parents would frown upon (like swearing and smoking). The jolly romp is all made up on the spur of the moment and after an hour or so, they're so darn tuckered out from all the tussling and screaming and pointlessness of it all, so they simply...stop.

Now imagine a group of age-retarded adult men in their thirties, doing the above. Yet sadder still, is their friend with a video-camera who's followed them around as they playact like little kids- bored during the summer holidays. Then afterwards, they all wearily (but satisfied and with much backslapping) go back home to endlessly watch themselves replayed on telly, over fizzy drinks and chips as they collectively fantasize about hanging out with Tarantino.

That pretty much sums up wrist-slitting banality that is YOU MOVE YOU DIE.