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Revoloution

2003, Movie, NR, 80 mins

Revoloution: Review

REVOLOUTION | THE GOSPEL OF LOU
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Upon learning that this self-designated "epic-indie" is released by an organization called the Foundation for Conscious Humanity, you would be forgiven for suspecting that this was in fact a cult film, and not the good kind of cult either. However, there's nothing to fear: The message this oddball film propounds is pretty much standard stuff on the Oprah circuit. The pilgrim who progresses through a world of darkness to enlightened, conscious humanity is Lou (director Brett Carr, who here sounds like a cross between Woody Allen and Porky Pig), an aspiring boxer who, when asked, names ROCKY as his favorite film. Lou is afflicted by a terrible stammer which blocks much of what he wants to say and only increases the deep-seated rage that leads him to hurl homophobic epithets at strangers before clocking them. Lou knows there has to be a better way of relating to the world around him, but how? The answer comes, like so many such answers before it, after a moment of unexpected tragedy. After Lou's ex-girlfriend (Suzanne DiDonna) beans him in the eye with a battery right before a title bout, a routine cat scan reveals an inoperable aneurysm, and his doctor (Mary Helen Shashy) warns Lou that the slightest knock to the noggin could kill him. Lou is now bereft of the one goal that gave his life meaning — and offered an outlet for the rage that has been building up inside ever since his druggy, insane father started beating him — and his unscrupulous mobbed-up manager (Ernest Mingione) tells him that with that stutter, he can forget about becoming a trainer. A fighter till the end, Lou is determined to lose the stutter that's been holding him back, and starts by answering an ad in a magazine aimed at actors who need to "debug" their brains if they want to become effective, powerful speakers. But it's debugged filmmaker Starla (Starla Benford) who really sets him on the path to life as a conscious human and saves him from the specter of his father. Addressing such self-destructive behavior patterns helped make those WHAT THE BLEEP? movies so surprisingly successful, and fans of that series will probably want to check this out as well. Non-seekers, however, may resent the obvious proselytizing voice-over, courtesy of a "revoLOUtionized" Lou, and scripted psycho-babble. Nice cinematography, though. leave a comment --Ken Fox
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