"Facing the end of his life thanks to an unspecified terminal illness that should have shuffled him off his mortal coil 18 months ago, this Steve bobs around the coast meeting up with crew members (always complaining they need more kit) and actors who are officially dead (Jacobi and Townsend's characters) – not that this means they still can't be cast."
"Like the concept of the Holy Trinity, this is not easy for mere mortals to comprehend, but it has to be said that this is a mostly annoying and only fitfully interesting film. To give The Martini Shot the barest minimum of dues, it at least has a few fine actors in the cast, like Modine himself, Derek Jacobi, John Cleese, Stuart Townsend and, weirdly, Morgana Robinson."
"Sometimes Steve calls halt to the action and everyone freezes, like NPCs in a video game, and he might do an edit to change his therapist's outfit so she looks sexier, which surely rather makes one question Steve's status as deity."
The Martini Shot follows Steve, an American film director with a terminal illness, as he navigates the Irish coastline meeting crew members and officially deceased actors including Derek Jacobi and Stuart Townsend. Steve's assistant Mary maintains a romantic tension with him while remaining emotionally detached about the possibility of her world ending with his death. The film ambiguously presents Steve as either God casting souls, a deluded mortal believing himself divine, or both simultaneously. Characters freeze like video game NPCs when Steve pauses production, and he edits scenes to alter appearances. Despite featuring accomplished actors like Matthew Modine, John Cleese, and Morgana Robinson, the film struggles with its self-indulgent spiritual narrative and tedious pacing.
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