The Confession. 2006. Directed by David Kebo and Rudi Liden

Damon Baker has been found not guilty of murdering his girlfriend Julie. But he wants to know who killed her. Now Damon has invited five of Julie's friends in one house, has set up 11 hidden security cameras - and recording all that happens that night.

Wonderful idea gets the absolutely right treatment in The Confession, which is a low-budget masterpiece – to say at least! The directors David Kebo and Rudi Liden really know what they are doing with limited budget, unknown actors/actresses and a script that gets the grip on the viewer almost right away. At first the use of 11 camera angles seems just a trick, but after awhile you realize that the possibilities are just awesome. Too bad the screener copy didn't have more than the 30 minute multi-angle feature (because of DVD limitations, final copies contains full-lengh multi-angle feature), since now someone has found a real use for it.

The crappy picture quality of security cameras work fine in this context, since they bring the real, television's "Big Brother"-like atmosphere to this movie. I don't know if this is true, but they hide also some overacted expressions that amateur actors and actresses might produce. Anyway, they all do their job just fine and make things look somewhat disturbingly realistic.

When the idea of security camera views in film might be new, the script itself reminds a lot of classic thrillers of Agatha Christie or films of Hitchcock. Maybe this film reminds also ”Blair Witch Project”, but The Confession does a terrific job on its own.

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