Forged

A Maya Entertainment release and presentation in colaboration with Revere Pictures, Stay Tune Vision of the Revere Pictures production. Created by Steve Holtzman, Josh Crook. Executive producers, Joe Van Wie, David Alcantara. Co-producer, Manny Perez. Directed, edited by William Wedig. Script, Wedig, Manny Perez.With: Manny Perez, David Castro, Jaime Tirelli, Kevin Breznahan, Margo Martindale.Working inside a really small canvas, tyro helmer William Wedig and co-scripter/star Manny Perez shape "Forged" being an intense but familiar story of the criminal, launched from prison after killing his wife, whose past returns to haunt him, as tenacious old gangmates along with a vengeful youthful boy. Shot against bleak Scranton, Pa., winterscapes and peopled solely with deadbeats and thugs, the characters' options prove as limited his or her worldview. Launched included in the Maya Entertainment series, pic could score on cable. Chuco's (Perez) hopes for going straight are scotched through the anticipation of his Machiavellian former boss (Jaime Tirelli) and also the boss' double-crossing henchman (Kevin Breznahan). Meanwhile, Chuco's teenage boy (David Castro), hustling as a living and over sleeping an abandoned railroad vehicle, is visited by nightmarish flashbacks of his mother's murder. Perez, frighteningly convincing like a guy ruled by desperation, dimly wrestles with the idea of fatherhood. The film's effective ending develops kinetically, but this 77-minute exercise ultimately feels cut down without any hint of the bigger context, "Forged" plays just like a single impressive chunk of the more complicated picture.Camera (color, HD, widescreen), Zeus Morand music, Evan Wilson production designer, Jaime Whitlock. Examined at Quad Cinema, New You are able to, This summer 31, 2011. Running time: 77 MIN. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com