I can’t quite tell if Winged Creatures is going to be a coincidence style film in the way Crash was or just a story centered on one singular tragic moment that focuses on the aftermath of said event throughout. The just released trailer for the feature shows serious promise it touts a huge ensemble cast including Kate Beckinsale, Dakota Fanning, Guy Pearce, Forest Whitaker, Josh Hutcherson, Jennifer Hudson, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeanne Tripplehorn and Embeth Davidtz. Rowan Woods directed the film, but his cred is limited to some “Farscape” episodes and this is screenwriter Roy Freirich’s first time out. All of this tells me this is a trailer with an idea, but on a script level there must be some reason it didn’t end up at one of the larger indie houses.
The film centers on the witnesses to a brutal murder suicide in a fast food restaurant as they cope with the aftermath of the incident and how they affect the people who help them along the way.
There is potential for it, but it may be nothing more than that. Give it a watch and tell me what you think. To my knowledge there is still no official release date.
