Writer/Director Mickey Reece is back with Every Heavy Thing – the thriller throwback is playing at the Fantasia Film Festival 2025.
Director Mickey Reece’s newest film Every Heavy Thing, is by far his best work yet. A love letter to the low-budget late-night thrillers of the 1990s. Reece’s homage to the DTV staple has some truly deranged twists that will have you coming back to see the film multiple times.
Joe (Josh Fadem) is an Ad salesman for High City Magazine, a local periodical. After a night on the town with his co-workers, he’s a witness to murder. What occurs after the murder sets a series of events that have Joe not just doing the serial killer’s (James Urbaniak) bidding but questioning his reality. Somehow, the man knows Joe’s every move, thought, and even dreams. Can Joe somehow find a way to stop the killer before he kills again, or pins all of his murders on Joe?
Reece has towed the line between artistic satire and commercial viability, often leaning more towards artistic satire. Every Heavy Thing and its genre conventions have the writer/director leaning more toward commercial. That does not take away from the bite and savvy of the piece. Reece is still as playful as ever, just not to the confounding degree that would lose many. There are still his touchstones of digressive moments calling attention to the ridiculousness of genre trappings.
Though in Every Heavy Thing, the satire and critique of the genre are much more purposeful and locked in. The result is a film that both leans into the genre and comments on the genre itself. Reece has always made larger comments on society and our interconnected relationships with one another, but here, it feels the writer/director found the perfect delivery system. When the third act reveals the film we were watching was an altogether different genre too, not just Joe, but the audience, it’s where Reece, as a writer/director, shines. All the work and visual ticks that play throughout pay off wonderfully on multiple layers.
By making Every Heavy Thing a truly great thriller first with a killer third act hook. Mickey Reece has made his most successful film to date. One that will win over new fans and satisfy his most ardent supporters. Something that at face value is a great throwback thriller, but underneath is a great social commentary.
Every Heavy Thing plays the Fantasia Film Festival 2025 on July 21st and July 23rd.
Writer/Director Mickey Reece is back with Every Heavy Thing – the thriller throwback is playing at the Fantasia Film Festival 2025.
Director Mickey Reece’s newest film Every Heavy Thing, is by far his best work yet. A love letter to the low-budget late-night thrillers of the 1990s. Reece’s homage to the DTV staple has some truly deranged twists that will have you coming back to see the film multiple times.
Joe (Josh Fadem) is an Ad salesman for High City Magazine, a local periodical. After a night on the town with his co-workers, he’s a witness to murder. What occurs after the murder sets a series of events that have Joe not just doing the serial killer’s (James Urbaniak) bidding but questioning his reality. Somehow, the man knows Joe’s every move, thought, and even dreams. Can Joe somehow find a way to stop the killer before he kills again, or pins all of his murders on Joe?
Reece has towed the line between artistic satire and commercial viability, often leaning more towards artistic satire. Every Heavy Thing and its genre conventions have the writer/director leaning more toward commercial. That does not take away from the bite and savvy of the piece. Reece is still as playful as ever, just not to the confounding degree that would lose many. There are still his touchstones of digressive moments calling attention to the ridiculousness of genre trappings.
Though in Every Heavy Thing, the satire and critique of the genre are much more purposeful and locked in. The result is a film that both leans into the genre and comments on the genre itself. Reece has always made larger comments on society and our interconnected relationships with one another, but here, it feels the writer/director found the perfect delivery system. When the third act reveals the film we were watching was an altogether different genre too, not just Joe, but the audience, it’s where Reece, as a writer/director, shines. All the work and visual ticks that play throughout pay off wonderfully on multiple layers.
By making Every Heavy Thing a truly great thriller first with a killer third act hook. Mickey Reece has made his most successful film to date. One that will win over new fans and satisfy his most ardent supporters. Something that at face value is a great throwback thriller, but underneath is a great social commentary.
Every Heavy Thing plays the Fantasia Film Festival 2025 on July 21st and July 23rd.
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