Part crime caper gone awry, part survival horror film, this 1970s set thriller depicts a harrowing fight for survival when a psychotic sniper (Pat Healy) terrorizes a bank robber (James Landry Hébert) and his hostage (Ashley Bell) in the California desert.
Equally inspired by Quentin Tarantino, the Coen brothers and the seediest of '70s drive-in exploitation, "Carnage Park" is a frequently repellent film that's nonetheless cleverly constructed.
Visually, it's well done, as is Gino Ostinelli's score (as opposed to the pop soundtrack, which can feel derivative). And Keating keeps the story tight, giving the audience enough twists and turns to keep the ride fun.
Mickey Keating has chomped down on a big slab of 1970s grindhouse meat and spat out Carnage Park, a grizzled B-movie crime-gone-awry blue plate special.
