January 27, 2015 -- I usually don't do reviews of movies this short. In fact, I think the only movie I've ever seen that is this short is “Bambi Meets Godzilla,” but no, wait, it is even shorter than that. This film is less than two minutes long, clocking in at one minute and 42 seconds, according to the DVD label.

Yes, I got a DVD screener of this film. If I get a screener, I always do a review of whatever is on it. This film is also freely available on Youtube. The opening shots indicates the setting is Keller, Texas. We see Tim, who looks a lot like me, pointing a Smith and Wesson handgun at his pet cat. He is using the laser sight as a cat toy. The cat chases the red laser dot all over the sofa.

Tim and Susan talk about how they looked at a lot of guns before buying their matching Smith and Wesson handguns. Tim said they bought matching guns (three, in fact) so “ ... if there's a problem and we need to swap ammunition, we can swap magazines.” They then demonstrate swapping magazines. I'm not sure what kind of problem would arise where they need to swap magazines or guns, maybe having a gun malfunction at the same time they are pinned down by bad guys in a shootout?

Tim also says another advantage of matching handguns is that if one of them malfunctions, the other person can use the remaining gun. They joke about how romantic it is to have matching handguns. The talk about Susan's decision to “start carrying,” which seems to be what set in motion this whole gun-buying business, it sounds like.

Tim and Susan seem to be a very nice, easygoing couple, but they tell us that Susan, and probably Tim are “carrying” guns with them, at least some of the time, presumably for protection from something, even though crime is at a very low level in most of the country. I guess this film says something about the “gun culture.” These guns cost anywhere from $1,000 to $2,400 total, depending on the model and accessories, so they must be deadly serious about them.

This film was an official selection of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. In a very unusual move, it was picked up for distribution by Oscilloscope Laboratories. Maybe it will be packaged with other short films that get shown at theaters, or added to another film as an extra feature on a DVD. I think some people will get a kick out of this amusing and thought-provoking, ultra-short film. It rates a B.

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