The Film
Stretch (Patrick Wilson), a limo driver who has fallen on bad times, and indebted to the wrong people. Struggling to turn his life around, come clean, pay off his bookie, he battles to actually live up to his potential.
With bookies breathing down his neck, he takes on a crazed passenger in a bid to make enough in one night, to pay off all he owes. Yet said passenger has a much sought-after ledger implicating some dangerous criminals. No to mention there is an FBI sting operation looking to acquire the ledger.
As the night progresses, Stretch gets deeper and deeper into trouble, and now has his boss, rivals, the FBI, the police, bookies, and criminals after him, as things spiral more and more out of control. This is the manifestation of the snowball effect, layering more and more trouble on poor Stretch.
With all that is going wrong, as we follow this night out with Stretch, there is still space for some dry humour, and of course, some action. Nothing over the top, as far as either the action or humour goes.
Some fun, and some awkward laughs on the humour side. Especially with the very eccentric passengers Stretch picks up. On the action side, it’s all plausible, and believable. Both of these make for some fun entertainment, and an enjoyable romp, as we cheer for Stretch, hoping he will eventually sort out his life, get the girl, and move on to bigger and better things.
Disc And Bonus Features
As any disc should be, this one is encoded at a high bitrate. There are no visible on-screen artefacts. Users who wish to, and have the correct hardware or software, can scale the image up to a larger screen.
Sound is encoded in both a 2.0 and 5.1 soundtrack. There is ample use of the surround channels, to broaden the sound stage, and further draw the viewer into the on-screen action.
Navigation menus are basic, and static.
There are unfortunately no bonus features on the disc, except for some trailers to other titles, at the beginning.
Stretch is available for purchase now, in South African stores.
