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By Any Means (2017)

★★★ — By Any Means (2017)

By Any Means is a low-budget thriller shot on location in Bermuda, directed by Leighton Spence under the Triventure Films banner. The film is notable mostly as a vehicle for Michelle Money, a reality television personality best known from the American Bachelor franchise, which gives the casting a self-aware quality given the plot's preoccupation with celebrity and media attention. Spence appears to be working in the modest, independent direct-to-streaming space that expanded considerably during the mid-2010s, when lower production costs and digital distribution made small-scale genre pictures viable outside the traditional studio system. The 84-minute runtime and Bermuda setting give the production a distinctive look on a clearly limited budget.

A-Z World Movie Tour Bermuda This was actually pretty good. My girlfriend and I agreed that the story was waaay better than the delivery. The acting isn't all that and it is a little drawn out. Could have easily been 70 minutes and you wouldn't lose anything. However the story itself and the slow build to the finale was actually really good. The story revolves around a low level celebrity who gets kidnapped but there is a HUGE twist in that story.

Rating: ★★★ | Year: 2017 | Watched: 2025-05-29

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