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Dominic Brunt
(2015)
83min
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Review
Our Score
by
Jeremy Aspinall
Emmerdale
actor Dominic Brunt made an impressive directorial debut with 2013 horror
Before Dawn
, a terrifying and emotionally resonant take on the zombie apocalypse. There are monsters in his tense sophomore feature, too, but these brutes are all too real, as newspaper headlines from austerity Britain can testify. In a town in northern Britain, best friends Bex (Victoria Smurfit) and Dawn (Joanne Mitchell) struggle to expand their market-stall business, which leaves them at the mercy of charming but ruthless loan shark Jeremy (brilliantly and chillingly played by RSC actor Jonathan Slinger). Let's just say he makes them an offer he won't let them refuse. Brunt creates an ominous atmosphere punctuated by staccato bursts of shocking violence against anyone who gets in the scoundrel's way - age, gender or disability (Dawn has an autistic son) are no protection against his depredations or the brutality of his man-mountain sidekick (Adam Fogerty). Slinger creates one of British cinema's vilest villains, excruciatingly smug but menacing and deadly to boot. But be warned, the climax (echoing the kitchen scene from Hitchcock's
Torn Curtain
) is definitely not for the faint-hearted.
Cast & Crew
Bex
Victoria Smurfit
Jeremy
Jonathan Slinger
Dawn
Joanne Mitchell
Si
Adam Fogerty
Linda
Rula Lenska
David
Andrew Dunn (2)
Nev
Charlie Chuck
Liam
Anthony Mark Streeter
Pauline
Kerry Bennett
Mr Hawley
Geoffrey Newland
Director
Dominic Brunt
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Other Information
Language:
English
Colour
Theatrical distributor:
Metrodome
Guidance:
Violence, swearing, sex scenes, nudity
Released on:
4 Sep 2015
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