One False Step

One False Step

2000 · 97 min · ★ 4.0 · Comedy, Drama, Romance

A comic feature film about an underachieving writer who sets out to write his masterpiece, but is confounded when one of its characters steps into his real life and introduces him to a life of sin and corruption.

Directed by Jason Kartalian · Written by Jason Kartalian

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