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Director: JK Amalou
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From Time Out London
The career of Danny Dyer is one of the most inexplicable phenomena in British film. Average looking and singularly lacking in thespian chops, he has nonetheless managed to carve out a loyal fanbase for a seemingly unending stream of low-budget, DIY Cockernee gangsta flicks. Here he plays Frankie, a hardnut convict who escapes from chokey, carjacks hapless middle-class mum Amber (Anna Walton) and forces her to drive him around the East End at knifepoint.
What follows is mind-numbingly repetitive – they encounter a passer-by, said passer-by clues into Danny’s evil scheme, Danny calls passer-by a slag before knifing them to death – and grindingly tedious: you’ll feel every one of these 90 long minutes. ‘Deviation’ is a small cut above the usual Dyer sludge – it features a decent central turn from Walton, some slick digital photography and a script which isn’t ambitious enough to be truly, completely awful – but awarding it more than one star would still be overgenerous.
Author: Tom Huddleston
Time Out London Issue 2166: Feb 23-29, 2012
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Posted on Feb 27 2012 00:32
Better view it not to expect
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Cast & crew
Director: JK Amalou
Cast: Danny Dyer, Anna Walton, James Doherty full cast
Genre(s): Thrillers
Rated: 15
Duration: 90 mins
UK Release: Feb 24 2012
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