Tunnel Vision (2013)

Best movie of this year hands down!

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

As Good As It Gets

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

It's refreshing to see Cristos move forward into a situation of creativity as a lead character in a film that communicates strength and vulnerability. An artist needs to be allowed to grow outside the confinement of stereotypes that propagate ignorance based on a formula of appearance that's only champions lately, are heroes that exist in comic books. I commend any artist who is brave enough to share a story that can evoke feelings and demonstrate the complexities of human experience that doesn't wrap up neatly in a cute red ribbon. Independent film makers have a responsibility do to more than just entertain. I feel they are the last vestige of the individual spirit to challenge the commercialization of the human experience.

I saw this movie at the premier in Santa Monica and for a low budget movie I was very impressed with all the production value locations/bikes/cinematography/music and the performances by all of the actors! As a filmmaker myself I know how much hard work and effort it takes to to get a movie made. It is even harder to get people to understand that it takes years from concept to the final edit and then to the first screening! so I say congrats to filmmakers/actors/crew and all the people that helped get this movie made and bigger congrats to Cristos and the Director for a job well done! Keep up the gr8 work! PS, whats the next project from Blackstone Pictures?

"Tunnel Vision" could be considered a vanity vehicle, since Cristos not only starred in the movie, he was the producer, executive producer, and co-writer of the movie. The vanity aspect of the movie didn't bother me; I can accept such a vehicle as long as it's done well, but this effort simply isn't. To Cristos' credit, he takes a standard B movie setup (protagonist's family killed, causing him to seek justice) and tries as a writer to execute it in a different manner. While you might expect a lot of action, there's only a few seconds of what could be considered action in the entire 81 minutes. The problem with that is that by going down a more realistic path, potential (and regular) excitement is drained out, and Cristos seems unable as a writer to make this movie's chosen path interesting. Some blame also has to go to director Delila Vallot for making the movie boring and drained almost entirely of tension (and drained of color; the restrained cinematography resembles that of a black and white movie at times), though in fairness she was working with a really low budget. It doesn't help that Cristos gives a pretty poor performance - he makes Chuck Norris look positively animated. You'll probably only find this movie at a dollar store (like I did), and it's pretty clear why it was doomed to that fate.

Martial Arts champion Christos who looks remarkably like the man who married my niece without the tattoos stars in Tunnel Vision playing a former gang banger and convicted murderer who just wants to settle down with wife Leslie Mills and their young son. He's all over the violent way he lived before. But when he's injured and the wife and young son are killed he's all about justice and retribution.Something he spots on a passing stranger makes him hold him for the cops and Scott Haze is put on trial. Unfortunately justice is denied, but Christos knows he has the right guy. He and lady detective Ion Overman keep up the pursuit, she more reluctantly as she has a job at stake. But you know this isn't a first time for this guy.Great martial artist that he is Christos is no actor. The cinematography and the sound are below par. I'd pass this by.