16 minutes of gangsters having an existential crisis. The American Dream, but make it depressing.
Tom (Gabe Combs) wants out of the business. Donny (Christopher Abernethy) wants in. It's hard to be a company man when the job involves drugs, violence and the existential dread of a normal life, possibly around the corner. Co-Starring Cody Dermon, Rhianna DeVries and Rodrigo Tactaquin this is a cynical, neo-noir about two gangsters and one night on the job.
Acting
Combs's weariness vs. Abernethy's desperate eagerness.
Writing
Dialogue that sounds like Mamet if he worked at a gas station.
Direction
Corso stretches 16 minutes into something weighty.
Director
Richard Corso
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Fish premiered at Dances With Films, a festival specifically championing truly independent cinema without studio backing—fitting for a film about working-class criminals.
The 16-minute runtime is deliberate: Tom's entire 'one last job' philosophy compressed into something you can't look away from, mirroring how trapped he feels.
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