Dolly

“Dolly” sets viewers up for an experience that it can’t quite deliver, mostly due to small acts of self-sabotage. The film is shot on 16mm for a tactile, grainy grindhouse look, for example, but then Blackhurst ruins the illusion with drone shots that would not have been possible in a vintage exploitation film. Then there’s the violence, which begins with a shocking and graphic act of mutilation, then breaks down into a series of diminishing returns.