What Have You Done

Director - Mike Pelak (The Deliveryman)

Starring - Smitty Chai (Iron Fist, Madam Secretary), Jay Potter (The Call, Beast), Azumi Tsutsui (Deep in the Darkness, The Invisible Worm)

Release Date - 2020

Genre - Horror/Thriller

Format - Streaming (Online Screener)

Rating (out of 5):

     I've been extremely focused on watching and reviewing as many movies as I physically can this month.  Honestly, I've had a fucking blast watching so many new movies along with movies I've had in my collection for some time and never watched.  However, I do have to focus on other projects that were sent my way for review.  A few weeks ago I was contacted to review the politically charged thriller What Have You Done from director Mike Pelak.  This short runs around 6 minutes so I agreed to check it out.  I'm glad I did because I really enjoyed it.

     The film follows a wealthy and influential man who visits someone to help him clean up his mess.  The cleaner is often used to handle bribes and so forth but he soon finds that his new client went too far and killed the young girl.  

    I knew this wasn't going to be like the other horror flicks that I've spent most of my month reviewing.  However, I was still open minded to it and I was very surprised by what I witnessed.  The film is not really a horror film but it is a dark thriller with some blood.  For a six minute watch I have to admit that it was very entertaining.  The acting in this one is fantastic.  Smitty Chai is good as the calm and collected cleaner/fixer.  He's very natural in front of the camera and does a great job.  However, Jay Potter is the show stealer.  His character has an intensity about him that just steals every scene.  He was phenomenal.  The story for this one is very straight forward with a small twist at the end.  Honestly, I didn't see the twist coming but now I feel stupid because it was spelled out in front of me at the beginning of the film.  The movie is short, quick, and sweet.   I really enjoyed it and I'm glad they did not attemp to stretch this story out longer than it had to be.  Finally, the film has some blood but if you are looking for a gory mess you will be very disappointed.  The blood looks good but for those looking for practical effects will be let down.  Overall, What Have You Done is a very well rounded and solid short that really satisfies.  I highly recommend checking this one out.