John Wayne Bosley’s first movie in his Allan Carter Saga “amnesia” is one part Hitchcock with one part Warhol experimental film. This low-budget independent film shot mostly in the woods of Maine is a pastiche of cinema styles ranging from “Sin City”-like black and white with splashes of color to grainy flashbacks, art shots, handheld footage, and the occasional standard shooting style. The flick moves along at a good pace, but doesn’t reveal too much about the main character right away.

Alan Carter joins up with a ragtag group of people who are on the run from gun-toting masked men who are seeking to either capture or kill them. No reason is given to the audience, and no quarter is given to the characters. The suspense/thriller aspect of this film is accentuated with the emptiness of the world in which these characters are traveling in. It is obvious that this world was once lived in, but it just seems to be abandoned suddenly, and left to rot.

It’s difficult to tell whether or not the low-res look of this film is a style choice or a function of the low budget of which it was shot. But it isn’t an uncommon look in independent film. The music in this movie is pretty great and evokes that classic 60’s and 70’s era horror and thriller vibe. The acting is a little on the stiff side all around, but the story gets conveyed. It certainly isn’t bad for a first feature, and it is impressive anytime a director can get behind and in front of the camera at the same time to make his or her movie. With a larger budget and a little polish on the script this movie could easily feel like a Jason Bourne flick.

The director definitely keeps the characters moving, and the story flowing. The multi-styling of the movie gets you inside the head of Allan Carter’s confusion, and it isn’t until the end of the movie that Allan starts to become himself again. Well, not himself, but a better version of himself. It will be interesting to see how this character develops more in the second movie in John Bosley’s trilogy.