New Zealand International Film Festival
One line review: Clever crime caper / Brit prison escape flic, Highly recommended.
Prison lifer Frank has had bad news from outside. After years of keeping his head down and nose clean, he wants out in a hurry. As things get progressively out of control he pulls together a diverse crew of cons for a daring escape.
Top shelf actors, excellent script, fantastic execution. It feels like a cross between Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Se7en. A range of cockney crim archetypes, with an underlying grimness and quite the ending. The movie hops back and forth between two time lines, the planning for the escape, and the escape itself. This is very well done, and adds a lot as both the planning and escape escalate and spiral badly. And the ending, well, it will certainly gives a fresh perspective on the story preceding it.
Highly recommended, particularly to fans of the Brit crime genre.
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