SURVEILLANCE [2008]

Director Jennifer Lynch follows in the perverse footsteps of her daddy with the violently weird mystery/thriller Surveillance.  

It's got hostile clueless local law enforcement, oddball humor, rumbling drones & sound atmospherics, bizarre camera angles and reverb-heavy swarmy music.  Unfortunately it just isn't as hypnotizing or intriguing as it could have been.  Mostly because it grounds itself too far into reality with such outlandish characters which don't really mesh with the overall tone of the film.  Still, it kept my attention from beginning to end and that's all I really asked for.

3 floaty dead people out of 5

CHAINED [2012]

Director Jennifer Lynch continues her run of extremely disturbing films that cease to have much of a purpose with 2012's Chained.

Vincent D'onofrio is effectively menacing as a serial killer that raises a victim's child to become his protege, played by Eamon Farren in a truly haunting performance.  Fantastic acting aside, the film fails to really get a grasp on it's full potential or the character depths it could have explored..  It manages to pack in a few excellent twists & turns at the end but they're so rushed and poorly executed it feels like last second rewrites.  

2½ teddy bear cams out of 5