Trigger Man.

"Imagine Old Joy reconceived as a horror movie and you'll be at least partially prepared for Trigger Man, the startling sophomore feature by 26-year- old writer-director (and Larry Fessenden protégé) Ti West, whose vampire-bat epic The Roost played briefly back in 2005," writes Scott Foundas in the Voice.

"Devised for minimum fuss and maximum tension, Trigger Man is the little thriller that could," writes Jeannette Catsoulis in the New York Times. "Only the patient will be rewarded.... When violence occurs - with jolting swiftness - the director maintains his composure, staging his steel-trap finale in the eerie emptiness of an abandoned factory complex. It will be interesting to see if this reserve survives the increased pressures and budget of his current project, Cabin Fever 2."

Trigger Man opens today at the Pioneer Theater in New York and hits Los Angeles on Friday before expanding throughout the season.

Update, 10/18: "Trigger Man is a tense little production whose budget probably makes The Last Winter look like Waterworld, but it's undeniably effective," writes Andrew O'Hehir at Salon.

Posted by dwhudson at October 17, 2007 5:47 AM