American Mary

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	Katharine Isabelle	Mary Mason
	Antonio Cupo	Billy Barker
	Tristan Risk	Beatress Johnson
	David Lovgren	Dr. Grant
	Paula Lindberg	Ruby Realgirl
	Clay St. Thomas	Dr. Walsh
	John Emmet Tracy	Detective Dolor
	Twan Holliday	Lance Delgreggo
	Nelson Wong	Dr. Black
	Sylvia Soska	Twin #1
	Jen Soska	Twin #2
	Paul Anthony	Rat
	Sean Amsing	Security Guard
	Travis Watters	Mr. Realgirl
	Marius Soska	Dr. Janusz
	Natasha Forry	Lola
	Russ Foxx	Penis Guy
	Rikki Gagne	Young Blonde
	Amus Osaurus	Dru
	Garrett Girad	Henrik
	Julia Maxwell	Tessa
	Sophie McMullin	Dancer
	Anne Openshaw	Mother
	Connor Stanhope	Child #1
	Sierra Pitkin	Child #2

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Director	Jen Soska
	Sylvia Soska
Writer	Jen Soska, Sylvia Soska
Producer	John A. Curtis, Kathryn Griffiths, Tom Raycove, Caterina Scrivano, Agnes Soska, Jen Soska, Marius Soska, Sylvia Soska, Angel Towle, Riaz Tyab, Evan Tylor, Robyn Wiener
Musician	Peter Allen
Photography	Brian Pearson

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My quick rating 6,6/10:The twisted twins, Sylvia and Jen Soska, are back with their second full length feature. Now that people are taking notice to their talent, this time they have a budget (although they did need to take out a second mortgage to get the project off the ground). Anyway, this movie is about Mary, a brilliant med student studying to be a surgeon. Of course, money issues arise, as seems to always happen to college kids, so she decides stripping may be the way to go. While "interviewing" for the job, a strange occurrence puts here in the helm of a situation where she is needed to perform surgery at the club for quick cash. She soon realizes that maybe under the table surgical procedures may become a way to make money, so when a woman tracks her down after finding her resume at the club, she takes on a second patient. Mary finds herself juggling the task of student and surgeon on the side. Well, the life of being a student is crossed when she is invited to a "party" where she is the guest of honor, so to speak, and the world of the actual surgeons take a toll on her as she is drugged and raped. This incident pushes Mary over the edge and she takes matters into her own hands. This movie does a wonderful job weaving the tale of a woman that is forced into a life she wasn't prepared for, that of BME and revenge. It follows her downward spiral balancing reality with the virtually psychotic road she has chosen. The movie is much more polished than it's predecessor and it shows in the quality of camerawork and editing. The acting is very well done by Katherine Isabelle as Mary, and the other actors hold their own in their respective roles. Of course, the blood and gore is there, but not as extensive as their previous effort. It really wasn't needed for the story the twins wrote. American Mary had a limited theater release so you may or may not have had the chance to see it. If not, I again highly suggest that you see this movie. It is good to see new talent emerging with entertaining movies that don't follow the cookie cutter mold Hollywood has been giving us. I very much anticipate the next release from these two. My review is here under the archives (click the "files" tab on top) but now after seeing it in the theater, I appreciate even more just how original this movie was and just how well it was written to show the descent of Mary down such a strange path. Also, Heathers comment about "not being what she expected" was perfect. Since she (and many of you) know about me, unheard of movies tend to be chaotic gorefests, but this is nothing like that. i said 6.6, and i should stick to my original rating, but i think I would tip it above 7 the second time

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