Better Late Then Never

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

Anybody who remembers Bones McCoy on the original Star Trek marveled at his ability to lay bare the inner workings of the human body and effect instant cures with the deft twirl of a dial or two. Amazing stuff, right? But bore no relation to real life. Well, kids, the future has arrived, and Assumption of Risk picks up where McCoy left off. Calculating life insurance moguls have figured out, with the help of a nifty biometric device, how to calculate the number of days left on your meter. And how they use this information will induce some electrifying changes in your own vital signs. Fasten seat belt before watching.

I was privileged to attend a recent screening of Assumption of Risk and throughly enjoyed it! I was completely engaged in the story line and keeping up with its twists and turns all the way from first scene to the end. The plot is an interesting mix of suspense, science fiction and thriller. Wade Balance did a great job writing the screen play. The cast Is convincing and believable. Mark Kochanowicz cleverly directed the story on a very limited budget, with few resources. The only downside is a few of the transitions were abrupt and therefore seemed a little choppy. Wade and Mark make a great team. I look forward to seeing more movies by them in the future.

Next time when I see rating of 6.7 with small number of reviewer I'll get that it's the movie crew did it. Especially when the movie is so poor like that.. Poor unattached weak story... Very poor acting ... Very poor shots and locations... Enough to know that that the movie is about Billionaire with the number one insurance company in the US .. But what you see is very small poor dirty office .. The owner office itself is just a small 4 meter square dirty office. The device which the whole movie running around it was in the owner safe then after couple of minutes the main character searched in old storage place and WOW .. He found it there with old dirty paper files... HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT

If you like to see things blow up then this movie is not for you. But if you are a mystery film lover whom enjoys "peeling the onion layers" of clues away with the protagonist Wes Riemann (lead by the very competent actor Dan McGlughlin) then you are really going to enjoy the unique plot and twists of Assumption of Risk. Shot in a style reminiscent of the great suspense films of the 70s, director Mark Kochanowicz, explores the manipulation of life and death by a greedy corporation lead by Brensen Tol (Bill Chemerka). "The Wire" alumni actors, Brian Anthony Wilson, Frankie Faison and Christopher Mann round out the lead cast in this intriguing independent film.