There's a kernel of a decent thriller in "A Proper Violence," but the resulting film, directed and shot by then-20-year-old Chris Faulisi, from a script he wrote with Matt Robinson, is so unsatisfyingly structured and sluggishly paced that its debits far outweigh its potential merits.
For starters, this micro-budgeted movie is saddled with a disjointed and elliptical opening half-hour that tiresomely plays peek-a-boo with the actual story. Eventually, though, it becomes clear that the haunted protagonist, Morgan (Randy Spence), is a convicted rapist just released from prison. Desperate for human connection, he accepts an invitation to join a trio of strangers on a weekend camping trip, unaware the three are all connected to the woman he raped — and that they have revenge in mind.
