On of Ti West's earlier films, Trigger Man, tels a very simple story about a group of friends who decide to go on a hunting trip together. Things are peachy at first, but as Ti West films usually go, Horror is lurking around the corner, as they soon discover that they are in fact the ones being hunted by a mysterious individual. Extremely low-budget, Ti West's Trigger Man provides a raw early look into the filmmaker, being a slow-paced horror film that slowly builds the tension of its story, inevitably ratcheting up the level of suspense as the narrative propels towards its intense, satisfactory ending. Trigger Man is a film that almost seems to evolve as the narrative progresses, with the first 30 minutes or so of the film feeling more like a buddy comedy than any type of horror film. West uses the early part of the film as a way to get the audience to lower their defenses, offering a slow-burning story that feels low-key and relaxed at the beginning. Of course when the violence and intensity does comes it's graphic, with West's patience paying off, in delivering the true gravity of the situation, where life and death hangs in the balance. To be completely honest, I did find the handheld camerawork in Trigger Man to be a little too aggressive for me, particularly early on, to the point where I just found it distracting. While I liked Ti West's Trigger Man, the film's simplicity feels like a showcase of Ti West's potential more so than a great film.
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