When wandering around the pound shops I can sometimes find obscure boy films. This one is called 'The Adventures of Chris Fable' and stars Solomon Ray who looks as though he's about 15. Chris is a runaway child thief living in a junkyard in some future world. He sets off to find his father and the film deals with the weird characters and fighting robots he meets on the way. It had obviously been made on a shoestring budget and some of the special affects are pretty poor. It also holds a religious message when Chris has to find 'the right path in life' which spoils the plot somewhat. The film is not listed on BA and neither is Solomon Ray. Anyone know of this boy film cheapy?

Here's the IMDb link ... low-budget films often have more than one name

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Sounds interesting, I'll give it a try, it's in my que

Cinefan wrote on 29. Dec 2012 at 19:36:


Sorry, I don't know WHAT came over me!!

This film was actually pretty good! 

Stars fourteen-year-old Solomon Ray as 'Chris'.  Solomon Ray was absolutely great!  This is his first film role.  He has a wonderful habit of blinking his eyes as he is delivering his lines.  Worth watching the film just to see his performance!   

The story was a little odd, but still interesting.  Even though the film is ultra-low budget, it's impressive what they did with it.  Only thing I didn't like about the film is the VO and lack of camera stabilization for some scenes.




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The chase scene at the very beginning (and subsequent chase scenes) were filmed hand-held on purpose as stated by the director in the commentary. 

This is just my opinion: There are only two acceptable reasons to shoot hand-held and jerky: to simulate an earthquake or an explosion.  And we're talking scenes that are only seconds long.  All other hand-held jerky photography in my opinion detracts from a film.