I must say that I usually tend to be a bit hesitant about a movie where the guy who wrote the script also directs and stars in the movie himself or herself, which turned out to be the case with "Restoration" at the hands of Zack Ward.
Reading the synopsis for the movie, however, did win me over enough to make me actually pick up the movie and give it a go. And having a nice looking DVD cover also was a selling point for the movie.
One thing that I did like about "Restoration" was the cast, because it was all unfamiliar actors and actresses to me, aside from Zack Ward. And I do enjoy watching talents that I haven't seen before, as they are not Associated with previously portrayed characters and roles.
"Restoration" is an unfathomably slow paced movie, and 21 minutes into the movie I was more than tempted to give up and find something else to watch, because there had been very little happening, and the characters were just so mundane and faceless that I didn't care one bit about them, nor could I differentiate between them. They could essentially have been played by one and the same actor or actress.
There seem to be very little meat on the body in terms of storyline and plot here, and after 40 minutes of enduring nothing happening, I still was waiting for a coherent and clearly painted out storyline.
You actually find yourself frequently checking the time to see how much time has progressed, and I must admit that I gave up on the movie just shortly after 40 minutes of pure boredom. This movie was so slow paced that it was almost torture to sit through.
I have no plans or intention of returning to "Restoration" to finish watching it, because there was nothing, and I do mean that literally, nothing to keep me entertained or wanting to see what would befall the generic characters in the movie.
