Before talented American beauty Vera Farmiga became successful and did films like ‘Source Code’, ‘Up in the Air’ and ‘The Conjuring’ she did little and obscure films like 2008’s ‘Quid Pro Quo’. This mysterious thriller grasped my attention because it dealt with an interesting subject matter dealing with individuals who want to be disabled. Our main character ‘Isaac Knott’ played by Nick Stahl is a radio reporter keen on finding out more about this strange phenomena and the audience follows him along on this peculiar adventure.
Written and directed by Carlos Brooks this story proved to be riveting and jaw-dropping to the core; not to mention the ‘Quid Pro Quo’ - what was the something that needed to be given or taken to find out more? Farmiga delivered the unusual wonderfully but the story promising greatness fell short and became more and more outlandish by the minute.
This film made less than $7000 USD at the box-office and I’m hoping they didn’t spend more than that to make it. It just goes to show that there are many things that need to come together to ensure the success of a film. The acting is one thing. Marketing another. And the story. Well folks; that’s probably the most important of them all. If you haven’t a story to keep the viewer’s attention, then you may as well not make the film at all. I was disappointed in how this story turned out and wished I found out what happened with the characters before they rolled the credits.
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