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Director: Sacha Bennett
Movie review
From Time Out London
‘Life on Mars’ stars John Simm and Philip Glenister (above) re-team for this cheap, fairly inventive and twisty heist movie from former actor Sacha Bennett. Indeed, most of the film’s budget looks to have been spent on a cast of familiar TV faces: Kevin McNally and Cristian Solimeno chew up their roles as devoted cop and musclebound thug respectively, and Ashley Walters is bound to raise a few eyebrows as the brains of the outfit.Unfortunately Bennett’s direction doesn’t do his cast justice: he shoots the entire film in flat, unengaging tones. It doesn’t help that the script, despite a few well-judged, surprising U-turns, remains obvious, aiming for originality in its back-and-forth flashback structure but eventually just feeling confused.
Glenister is always value for money, and Simm makes for a likeably cheeky foil– their scenes together are the highlights of the film. But overall this is just another Brit crime flick: entertaining enough, but tragically unambitious.
Author: Tom Huddleston
Time Out London Issue 1990: Oct 7 - 15, 2008
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- Tony J said...
- Posted on Oct 16 2008 13:25 Only seems on at Vue Shepherds Bush so saw it there, disappointing.
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Cast & crew
Director: Sacha Bennett
Cast: Philip Glenister, Ashley Walters, Cristian Solimeno, John Simm
Rated: 15
Duration: 79 mins
UK Release: Oct 10 2008
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