An amusing short as we bring you our thoughts on STACKS Short Film.

An unprecedented pandemic forces two fierce rivals to come face to face for the first time in over a decade, to close a deal for the most valuable substance on earth.

Directed, written and produced by Gerald Webb $TACK$ is a short and sweet little display of necessities with a criminal underworld twist.

The scene is set in an underground parking lot where a deal is about to go down, the mood is set, the filters on the camera are perfectly set and the whole short is shot like a top-end budget cop show.

The film boasts a diverse cast and the production team consisted of 67% African Americans and 33% women.

The supporting cast includes Mark Christopher Lawrence (NBC’s Chuck), Diahnna Nicole Baxter (The Fosters), Calvin Winbush (Straight Outta Compton), Jamie Burton-Oare (Shooter), Tarnue Massaquoi (Terminator Dark Fate) and JaDarrel Belser (Geeks Who Drink).

Diving in on gang warfare these two underworld titans meet up and with the state of affairs in the world only just starting to head on the road to recovery this film is still very relevant and hilarious.

Laughter is something many of us has needed for quite some time now. The world was such an uncertain and scary place for the last two years and short reliefs like this are certainly welcomed.

A time when streaming services were our go-to methods of escapism when the outside world was no longer an option.

Concluding the short with a big smile on my face $TACK$ feels like something that should be shown in cinemas before every feature film, just something that’s short enough to keep you engaged, and really sets the mood in one direction before slapping you in the face with another.