Blu-ray Review – The Hummingbird Project

For those who've been lamenting a lack of originality in modern movies, I give you "The Hummingbird Project." It's the rare picture to delve into the world of High-Frequency Trading, with writer/director Kim Nguyen trying to squeeze suspense out of a race to build a nanosecond financial system, with warring sides in competition to either dig their way to a Wall Street fortune, or take the prize through microwave signals. There have been few films with such a plot, giving Nguyen an opportunity to do something striking with the work, surprising viewers with his examination of power plays and anxiety as secretive plans to rule the speed of time turn into war. "The Hummingbird Project" isn't quite that exciting, and the helmer doesn't dazzle with invention, but he offers an acceptable ride of corporate subterfuge and paranoia, striving to remain as close to character as possible as the rest of the feature becomes a Fincher-esque procedural. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com