7cb1d79195 Set in Afghanistan, Mexico and the Arizona suburbs, Xtraction tells the story of Ronnie, a hardened ex-military contractor on a private mission to rescue her abducted daughter from the hands of organ traffickers. In the process she emotionally reconnects with the ones she loves. I recently saw this short at a film festival in Los Angeles. The directing was superb, and the sound design was top notch. In fact, those two aspects of the film were really the highlight. I hope to see much more work by Marco Santiago in the future. <br/><br/>I thought the major downfall was the lead, who's performance fell flat and was distracting at points. Ronnie was supposed to be a woman fighting for her family, unaffected by the people beating her up, and unfortunately, the actress just couldn't deliver lines in a way that conveyed these things. Her tone was the same when she was talking to her kid and when she was talking to the bad guys. <br/><br/>Finally, the writing was somewhat predictable. Nonetheless, the effects, sound, cinematography and directing all made up for it.
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