- Film Review
- Reviewed By Stella Papamichael
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3 out of 5
Former Radio 1 DJ Mark Tonderai makes his feature debut as writer and director with this gritty, low-budget road thriller. It follows the misadventures of frustrated writer Zakes Abbot (a sulky yet likeable Will Ash), who gets caught up in a night-time game of cat and mouse after his girlfriend Beth (Christine Bottomley) is kidnapped at a service station on the M1. Tonderai raises the stakes with a touch of relationship drama, but the film works best when tapping into primal fears. The truck-driving kidnapper (Andreas Wisniewski) moves through the shadows, his face unseen, and leads Zakes into a mysterious world of forested slip roads and lay-bys. A scene involving a stop at a country house and the final showdown feel a little contrived and slacken the tension, but for the most part it's a lean, efficient film that benefits from having a morally conflicted hero.
Plot Summary
Thriller starring William Ash and Christine Bottomley. After narrowly avoiding a road accident, Zakes Abbot and his girlfriend Beth are drawn into a game of cat and mouse with a mysterious lorry driver - a situation that takes a bizarre and forbidding turn when Beth disappears following a stop at a service station.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Zakes Abbot
- William Ash
- Beth
- Christine Bottomley
- Tarman
- Andreas Wisniewski
- Wendy
- Claire Keelan
- Thorpe
- Stuart McQuarrie
- Chimponda
- Robbie Gee
- Mr Coates
- Peter Wyatt
- Mrs Coates
- Sheila Reid
- PC Mitchell
- Shaun Dingwall
Crew
- Director
- Mark Tonderai
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