Title: Xtreme Phase Company/Director: Freefall Productions/Jay Gilsenan aka Mankind Genre: Action Reviewed by MidbackMan Summary: A cop who gets into a little trouble with a gang when he confronts them and steals something of theirs and violence ensues. Scale: 1 to 10: Very Bad A film of just terrible Quality; Don't bother 11 to 20: Bad A few slightly redeeming qualities but still not worth your time 21 to 30: Its okay Very ordinary technical stats; Not worthless but not great 31 to 40: Good Above average; Usually recommended to the fan of the specific genre 41 to 50: Very Good Well worth your attention; Content and design are spectacular Review: Xtreme Phase. What can and will I say about this movie that will serve it justice? I liked this movie. It had some really cool scene effects and character animations with a few exceptions where characters moved too fast or in weird ways that might cause you to say, "what was that?" The scenery does it too, however the use of slow scene changes like dissolve actually work in this film! There are some flaws but look past them and this movie is a great action flick with a decent story that doesn't get too involved but is still integral to knowing what's going on and why things happen. As far as the sounds in the movie, there were some sound effects that weren't used to their full potential and I would've tried to find some more appropriate sound effects but some Director's have to use what's handy and that's still cool. The music was appropriate for the different scenes the songs played in and were some good choices by the Director. I don't think I should make much of an opinion of teh voices since I do have the biggest role in the film. One of my lines was missing that I thought I did but apparently wasn't used anyway and instead some text appears. It happens only once and is one of the small flaws that this movie contains which doesn't ruin the movie at all. The other voices were pretty good. Tuna has a small one liner and he's always good. There were a couple other small character's that had voices that seemed alright but too young for the character. There was nothing here that would make the movie any worse, really. Well, not if you're one of those Anal-retentive jerks who complains about everything. Actually, I AM one of those Anal-retentive jerks who complains about everything, I just must've liked this movie a lot. It gets Midback's Steakhouse Seal of Approval! Story: 6/10 Graphics: 7/10 Creativity: 6/10 Voices: 9/10 Music: 10/10 Total: 38/50 (Thirty-Eight) The Movies Highs: *Voices were done well for the most part *Nice fight scenes *Fast paced animated scenery *Good choices of music that suit the movie well *I'm in it :p - that may be a low for some people, heh heh The Movies Lows: *Sometimes scenes were fast and you may or may not know what's happening *Occasional character movements were too fast too see or understand *Missing a voice - theres's text in it's place Bottom Line: A good action flick with some minor flaws that if you can look past make it an excellent action flick. I'm giving it a Midback's Steakhouse Award. NOTE TO READER: As always if you agree or disagree with any of the opinions or technical scores in this article please feel free NOT to take it up with MidbackMan or the management of Review Central since no one really gives a rats ass about what you have to say. That's why you're at this site. Also please understand that the technical scores do not always reflect the opinions of the review since the reivew is more aimed at how enjoyable the film was to the viewer.