the motion picture
Blue Suede
by
Stevenson Dor
BLUE SUEDE an upcoming feature length
melodrama with a release date of December
2014. “BLUE SUEDE “ is the work of Jr. Hepburm,
who in his early 30’s, is being celebrated by a
number of critics here in MIAMI as the new
master of the action-film genre. His first indie
movie, KILLING KHAN is due for release 2014,
with a television pilot being considered by
major networks.
From seeing Mr. Hepburn’s KILLING KHAN
he has a tendency to slip into slow motion
sequences. Virtually every action scene in
“KILLING KHAN” becomes a mini-homage to the slow-motion blood ballets
Sam Peckinpah introduced in “The Wild Bunch.”
Mr. Hepburn does, in fact, seem to be a
very brisk, talented director with a gift for the
flashy effect and the bizarre confrontation.
The movie opens with the death of our lead
Heroine Monica’s (CHAUNTY SPILLANE) sister
Jessica. The final sequence involves an epic
battle between an angry perplexed Khan, and
with a slight human element. The villains steal
the show in the epic film. A truly memorable
sequence is between Ivan (Billy Vigeant) and
Grenada (Cristina Moody).
The film essentially combines the moody hardedged spy action of the BOURNE films with the
off-the-wall action-violence of films like Die Hard. The combination proves
immeasurably intoxicating as it is clear Jr. Hepburn is an action legendary
director in the making. Actress Kate Jurdi blasts her way through countless
bad guys. This all culminates in one of the most absurd yet exciting action
finales I’ve seen in a long time.
There are so few indie action films out there as
over-the-top, yet strangely grounded in
character as KILLING KHAN. It’s
a daring mixture that, in
the hands of an incapable
director,
could
prove
volatile. But with Jr. Hepburn
at the wheel, an unwieldy
narrative is shaped into
something extraordinary.
November 2013
Southern Inked
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