Monday 22 October 2012

Four (John Langridge, 2011)

A husband hires a detective to kidnap his wife's lover to beat a confession out of him in an abandoned warehouse, and the detective promptly kidnaps the wife too. Naturally it's not as simple as that, but it's a bit worrying how easily actors like Kierston Wareing and Sean Pertwee, who should have smelt a pseud crime wank fantasy from a mile off, have allowed themselves to get suckered into such vicarious little film-student exercise, complete with having one of the characters spout film references at every conceivable turn. The f-words fly, because that's how you make gritty authenticity, and you know all four characters will be revealed as being just out for themselves, because apparently that's life. This is really very bad indeed.

2/10


1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Usually I just let stuff like this go. Usually I just take it all in my stride, but you've got me in a vendetta kinda mood, sir. So, just to enlighten you...

1. The Detective spouts film references all the time because, duh, he isn't a real detective. He's never done anything like this before. He's actually a sad act film buff acting out his Tarantino fantasies (hence why he threatens the Lover with a Blockbuster video card) - sorry I thought that was obvious. Clearly I needed to put in a flashing arrow or a thought bubble or something.

2. The characters swear all the time because that's how people talk when their in a stressful situation. they don't censor themselves and so I told the actors not to.

3. 'Pseudo' not 'Pseud'

4. I don't know where you got the impression that this was a 'crime wank fantasy' - it's a drama about how far a deluded and jealous husband will go to maintain control of his life. That's the film we made, anyway.

5. Sorry you didn't think our film was better. We didn't have millions of pounds to spend on fighting robots or anything. We just had enough for 2 weeks in a warehouse in February. But hey, thanks for judging it on it's merits as a low budget independent British film with all the inherent limitations that brings.

6. Go fuck yourself.

Best,

John Langridge
Director
Four

30 October 2012 at 17:10

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