Rondo (2018 film)

Rondo is a 2018 American thriller film written and directed by Drew Barnhardt. The movie was first shown on July 7, 2018, at the Fantasia Film Festival and was released on video and on demand on May 7, 2019.

Rondo
Film poster
Directed by	Drew Barnhardt
Written by	Drew Barnhardt
Produced by	Guy Clark
Starring	G.C. Clark Ketrick 'Jazz' Copeland Reggie De Morton Luke Sorge
Cinematography	John Bourbonais
Edited by	Lionel Footstander
Music by	Ryan Franks Scott Nickoley
Distributed by	Artsploitation Films
Release dates	July 27, 2018 (2018-07-27) (Fantasia Film Festival) May 7, 2019 (2019-05-07)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

A veteran gets involved in a world of sex, crime, and murder when he's given a special and mysterious drug.

Cast

• G.C. Clark as Gregory
• Ketrick 'Jazz' Copeland as DeShawn
• Reggie De Morton as Lurdell
• Luke Sorge as Paul

Release

Reception

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, Rondo has an approval rating of 80% based on 10 reviews.^[1] Patrick Bromley from Bloody Disgusting gave the film 4 out of 5 and wrote: "It may ultimately be an exploitation movie, but I love exploitation - especially when it's as smart, as unpredictable, and as nasty as Rondo is."^[2] Anton Bitel writing for the website "Projected Figures" stated: "Barnhardt's deft, knowingly daft handling of all these elements is a tour de force of highly assured genre filmmaking, and the mark of a real talent emerging from cinema's more perverse, less salubrious end."^[3] Adam Patterson from the "Film Pulse" didn't like "Rondo" giving it only 3 out of 10 stars and stating: "While Rondo plays with some interesting ideas, it fails to present anything of substance, resulting in a sloppy mess of an attempt to create a modern exploitation film."^[4]