Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
ReviewsBBC - Low-key, edgy and yet surprisingly funny... Film-making of the highest order, The Times - Intense, grimy... Astonishingly nuanced, The Independent - Grim, painful and uncomfortably funny, Sunday Telegraph - Funny, creepy... An impressively formed debut, Sight And Sound - If Mike Leigh remade HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER... Remarkable, Sky Movies - Blackly funny and disturbing, this puts Johnson in the Shane Meadows league, Daily Mirror - Sensationally scary, GoreZone - Dark, gritty and absolutely terrifying, Daily Star - Mesmerising and chilling, grips all the way, Evening Standard - A product of a real and very promising filmmaker inhabiting a convincing original world of its own, Bizarre - Compelling and creepy, View London - Enjoyable, darkly funny and weirdly moving, Total Film - Fascinating, Time Out - A seriously creepy calling card for Johnson's talents, The Guardian - Convincingly goes where most British films don't, Empire - Gripping
Additional InformationA seemingly harmless kook turns out to be harbouring some rather nasty sociopathic tendencies in this independent thriller from first-time director Gerard Johnson. Tony (Peter Ferdinando) is a mild mannered, severely withdrawn man in his early 40s who has trouble relating to other people, doesn't communicate well with strangers, and can't hold on to a job. Tony relies on public assistance to pay for his tiny flat, and he spends his days wandering the streets while watching a steady stream of action movies at night. One evening, Tony invites a pair of ne'er-do-wells back to his apartment, and we soon learn his secret--beneath Tony's benign exterior is a man with a violent temper, and when his guests make him angry, he kills them in cold blood. This isn't the first time this has happened, and we follow Tony as he deals with the aftermath of his crime and prepares for his next outburst.
Sound sourceDolby Digital