Find Out What Happens in the Future in 'Yikes'
James Scott

Bleak humor and visions of the future bring together the plot of Yikes.
Absurdity is one of the most important aspects of comedy. Perhaps the complexities of life stem from mundane tasks but the joke of it all comes from how remarkably ridiculous these tasks are. Taken to the extreme, we're forced to recognize how bizarre the world really is and how we, as people living in it, experience situations beyond our control from which humor blossoms. Such is the case in writer and director Michael Fodera's dark comedy Yikes, which takes a new look at deja vu.
Ian (played by Alex Malcolm Mills) starts off his day with malaise dripping from every corner of the scene. He's in the kitchen, staring at the toaster with a grim expression on his face, and the phone rings. His agent has a job for him. This beginning scene gives us all the information we need to explain Ian's sense of ennui. That ennui continues throughout the entire film to both its benefit and detriment. While the bleakness which covers every action gives Yikes a distinctive feel, always a good sign, there are times when that same grim humor gets in the way of itself. His agent, Morty (played by Dan Berkley), distractedly encourages Ian to go to the audition while Ian feels that he's had this …show more content…
In this scene, both Mills and Berkley really play off each other excellently. Throughout the film, both actors share a rapport that heightens the pace of the film and conveys information to the audience subtly. However, the character of Morty isn't all perfect. In some cases, he reads like a typical film agent stereotype and therefore drags the comedic energy a bit. Perhaps if there were more nuance to the character, some of the dark humor would hit better. Ian tries to tell Morty about his premonitions but Morty writes them off as a strange version of déjà vu. Defeated, Ian hangs up and heads to the