‘While I’ve seen plenty of heist movies, I haven’t quite seen one quite like writer/director Antonis Tsonis‘ feature Brando with a Glass Eye.’
– Brian Fanelli, Horror Buzz.
While the film is about a heist gone wrong, it’s a heck of a lot more than that. The movie references Hamlet and various other plays, while focusing on a wannabe method actor whose life flips upside down after the botched heist. it also has a knockout performance by its lead, Yiannis Niarros, who stars as Luca.
The film has its share of offbeat elements, including the opening minutes. Luca waves a fake gun in the air, practicing one of the many monologues he recites throughout the film. Because the actor looks right into the camera, it’s a bit of a mind-bending opening. It’s hard to ascertain if Luca is crazy or not, until he breaks the character. After that attention-grabber, the film pushes the narrative along with some high stakes. Luca is offered a scholarship to study method acting in New York City. However, the travel expenses from Greece are on him. Luca works a blue-collar job and can’t afford it. Reluctantly, he agrees to go along with a heist that his brother, Alekos (Kostas Nikouli), orchestrates. It goes horribly wrong from the get-go and Luca ends up shooting an innocent man, Ilias (Alexandros Chrysanthopoulos), though he doesn’t die and Luca, plagued with guilt, visits him in the hospital and befriends him.
This feature has a lot of interwoven narratives, though somehow, Tsonis makes them all work.
source: www.horrorbuzz.com