The Woman Chaser

A lunatic variation on GET SHORTY's vision of Hollywood sociopaths getting trounced at their own game, Robinson Devors's feature debut is gorgeous but seriously unsatisfying. Set in 1950s Los Angeles, the film revolves around Richard Hudson (Patrick Warburton), a used car salesman with a shady past and flexible ethics. Having spent some time in San Francisco, he blows back into L.A., muscles his way onto a failing lot and moves back in with his mother, a faded ballerina (Lynette Bennett), and her husband, small-time movie director Leo (Paul Malevitz), who hasn't worked in years. Hudson terrorizes his staff, rakes in bucks and shows surprisingly little interest in w...