If you’re looking for a cinematic experience like no other, a film that is more than likely to feel like you’re holding your breath for 90-minutes straight, HALF may be just the thing you need in your life right now. Seriously entertaining and inspired by golden age action cinema (with a touch of Raid 2 for extra style), HALF often feels like a chemical adrenaline rush more than it does a high concept narrative.  Rumours were floating around all day before the midnight showing— at one point, I even heard a whisper that this was going to be a full blown, classically stylized vampire romp. While that is not entirely untrue, it would be foolish to sell the core meat and potatoes of the movie like that. It’s a narrative instigator that is more akin to Sisu than deep, fantastical lore, and this mode works to Samjad’s advantage heavily. As, just like a lot of the greatest movies in its genre, it validates its stakes without bogging down and writing itself i...