The Cutlass Delivers Dark Themes In An Exotic Locale – Review
At first glance at the poster art for The Cutlass, I was intrigued. As far as I knew, a cutlass was either a vintage car in my elderly neighbor’s garage or an old school pirate sword, but the knife wielding gal standing front and center in the promo art didn’t seem connected to either of those worlds. Add to all this the claim that the film is inspired by a true story and there seemed to be a lot to unpack with The Cutlass. Looking at director, Darisha Beresford’s brief filmography reveals that The Cutlass started out as a 12 minute short film on the festival circuit in 2013 and has now been given a 90 minute format to tell the intense story of a young woman taken hostage in the jungles of Trinidad. I’d like to say that The Cutlass is deserving of the added investment by the producers, but despite the expanded run time, the film is shot like an unaired episode of LOST and the network TV