Two youths, eager to make a quick buck, accept a job to kidnap the girlfriend of a famous football player. The kidnapped girl, calling herself Sam, cunningly convinces our bemused boys that she is really the daughter of a New York Mafia family and, should they not release her pronto, her brother will track them down.
Acting
Eamon Farren's nervous energy versus Ella Bowman's ice-cold composure.
Writing
Dialogue that weaponizes class assumptions in real time.
Director
Daniel Mitchell
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Daniel Mitchell made this as a proof-of-concept while developing feature projects — the entire film was shot in a single location over two days.
The title refers to both the circular narrative structure and the degrees of a complete reversal — Sam engineers a 360° power shift without ever touching the gun.