From the press release:
Produced by Japan’s Ammo Inc. and California-based AMMO Entertainment, Root Letter is adapted from the popular and best-selling Japanese video game of the same title from Kadokawa Games. The film centers on Carlos (Ramirez), an impoverished teen from a fractured home, as he attempts to reconnect with Sarah (Marie), a school pen pal after he receives a desperate note from her claiming that she has killed someone. As Carlos travels to Sarah’s hometown and investigates, he uncovers a criminal plot involving Sarah’s fraught group of friends and a chilling secret that has led to Sarah’s disappearance.
I was really caught up in this story of this young woman who is a very real character, there was no false step here Keana Marie who plays Sarah is fantastic and she really holds the film together.
This may be a heavy film for some, but for me, it's really a slice-of-life film, that I enjoy seeing, especially when they are done this well.
One day her English teacher tells the class that she wants the class to write a person, a stranger a letter with a pen & paper.
With that Sarah becomes pen pals with Carlos, their exchanges are done so well, just hearing their voices over images or them reading the letter(s). I really found the characters to be refreshing and everyone was doing a great job all around.
This becomes a bit more than just that, with one she hints that she might have hurt someone, so Carlos goes to see if he can help her.
Saying much more than that might give too much away and that will ruin any part of the movie for you, the reader/viewer.
Solid movie, doesn't miss a mark!--easily one of the best films of the year!
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