The Wrong Guy is yet another short from Alejandro Montoya Marin - an indie director that you need to seek out as soon as you're able. While maintaining the slick, fast paced style of Montoya Marin’s previous efforts, there seems to be something slightly missing this time around.

 

The dialogue is clever, yet it feels detached from the story itself - essentially the issue is mainly with the abundance of voiceover from our lead Daniel (John Kaler). Now let’s not go as far to say that any of the performances are flawed because they certainly aren’t. John Kaler and Kirk Fox do a tremendous job and relay a great deal of comedy through their performances. However, the fast nature of the film makes these characters in particular feel less effective in the short time we have with them - nonetheless the story being as quick as it is makes for a thrilling 20 minutes - if only the short could have harnessed the quick-witted dialogue a little more effectively.

 

Even so, The Wrong Guy is a high-speed comedic, thrill ride that needs only one explosion to make a bang.