Zero Mum Game was a satire that knew exactly what it was doing and easily drew the audience along with them. Fantastic over exaggerated performances from the cast balanced the line well between silliness and humour, and the final line hit so, so well. Although the story was simple, the cast really made this stand out and feel unique. Great work!

In a different year, Chester would have taken first place. But the competition this year was unusually stiff.
Great film overall. Story was well told, performances were great, held together as good as most winning films. It just needed something that made it unforgettable. Clearly not an amateur team. Yet It’s worth remembering this entry was from a first time entrant.. they will adapt and deliver something mind blowing soon I am certain.

Woah!? Man there were some bangers we didn’t see at nationals weren’t there !? This is so well performed. It’s got guts. Never expected a performance like this from Andrew. What possessed him? He’s brilliant! (You’ve always been brilliant Andrew, but the last live action I saw with you in it was ghost shark 2)

I’d love to see all the energy go into one film next time. This had all goods except the production value this performance and writing deserved.

This was a captivating, funny, and well-executed film. A lot of it hinges on a believable story world and the director/cast were able to convince us of this world of a cutthroat family breakfast. I also thoroughly enjoyed the ending. Great comedic imagery. A woman, unable to stop her premise from being squandered. Humorous (and relatable) stakes and I enjoyed the delineation of gendered restrictions of mothers in a patriarchal society. Could have been a little heavy handed of an idea for comedy, but this film absolutely smashed it. Congratulations

Interesting for your 1st go as team.

I am not sure about the wide shoot for the two cops with the exit sign behind them.

Over all well done

Far out what a journey!! Missed seeing this one last year but searched up the team after seeing their 2025 entry.

So cool to see how much you put in to one weekend from insane props to amazing editing. Well done

Ill be honest, I missed watching this in 2024 but searched your previous videos in anticipation after you've named your 2025 entry as "2025 national 48 hours winner" as I think that alone is funny. Boy oh boy this did not disappoint and had me cracking up laughing, brilliant use of the required elements, great comedic value, great sound, and a high production video. Looking forward to watching your 2025 entry :)

Mad Scientists I am so sorry to leave you hanging for so long for your 2024 film!

A finely edited film with really slick production values I really thought this WAS a fresh new direction for you as a team!

One of the best original scores in the 2024 competition for mine, giving your own spin to the spy/action genre.

Whoever was DOP did a great job with their camera framing and lighting, offering razor sharp images that coupled with the costuming and set design gave a sense of mystery and intrigue to proceedings. My one nitpick from a cinematography point of view was that the lack of background textures a couple of times did almost stall my suspension of disbelief as to whether this was a casino once or twice.

Some of that lighting though was...chef's kiss <3

Also sound was very clean! And love that when it was 'go time' for guns there was real weight and urgency to proceedings with classic Mad Scientists humour to the deaths that we all know and love.

Fantastic ending and strong performances. Played it straight played it mean with the comedic relief actor giving great balance to the overall film. Great job team.

I dusted off my Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl 3D glasses to watch this mind boggling battle of the weirdos that bursts through your skull and makes you genuinely wish that 48Hours brings back the 'most manic award'.

For me, 3d has always been something I've loved. I still have a proper setup in my home cinema because there's really no other way to watch FINAL DESTINATION 5 or AVATAR. And where it usually succeeds in making films pop is either use of space (GRAVITY et all) or shocks and gimmicks (PIRANHA et all).

So when I see a filmmaker actually do something new with the form by way of crash zooms and dutch angles Ryuhei Kitamura style via Power Rangers, well you had my attention and the no budget gore had my heart. I shit you not I had a comic that came with red and blue glasses almost 30 years ago so this really hit me in the nostalgia feels.

It would be easy to classify this as a kitchen sink film. Reds and pinks and greens, ooze and guns and lasers and explosions via Leone double crosses. But there's more to it than this. This rapid fire edited film filled with dozens of characters introduces some for mere fractions of a second yet structurally the visual flourishes of character work to build escalation and weight to the proceedings.

I don't think I've been hit over the head by so many red herrings with such verbal dexterity in a 5 minute period in my life.

You see for some, establishing shots are the throwaway. Yet in the adventures of Shart Boy and Lavae Girl, masked comic characters are the throwaway. Don't you all get it! They're commenting on the 2d nature of comics! Deranged but brilliant.

Ultimately its held together by 2 strong performances with Larvae Girl stealing the show by giving the film heart and a protagonist for us to root for.

To nitpick there were moments the sound could have been a little richer, and maybe just a couple of seconds of breathing room here and there could have let the audience take time to catch their breath before you ramped things up again. Pure balls to the wall madness though and looking forward to more adventures for Larvae Girl!