Klokkenluider

A very slight film, with a weak screenplay, that seems to do no more than ask the question; "When in an unfamiliar situation, who should you trust?"

It's described as a "darkly comic, character-driven thriller", but it is dialogue heavy and action light and feels much more plot-driven.

Looking back at the actions of the characters, only Flo's behaviour seemed to make sense with the benefit of hindsight.

This film might make you think, "What would I do if I were in the same position as Ewan and Silke?" But that is little reward for spending 90 minutes of your time watching such a poorly written film.

Impressive. Not an inch - or centimeter of excess fat in an impressive directorial debut. The writing is tight, no words wasted. The cast delivers - no surprises there, each playing their part to perfection. Kudos to the sound and lighting, both adding to a story that unfolds gradually, taking its time as it does. What's the secret? The clue is in the last words spoken, although that could be just paranoia on my part. But then again, you never know. Or do you? I liked this. A late night offering on Channel 4, totally bereft of caped crusaders and CGI. The Belgian actress should get in front of the camera more; she's a natural.

First of all, can we commend the amazing use of sound in this film? The deep contrasts between loud and quiet is so impactful. Really kept my senses perked the whole time.

Secondly, although the story is quite slow-paced, it kept engaged the ENTIRE film. Didn't lose its grip once. The great use of sound had a lot to do with it.

The conversation was minimalistic, but not boring - on the contrary, it was intriguing and made you want to know more.

The story itself is thought-provoking, and left me with a lot to ponder about at the end. I found it especially fascinating how much and how little we get all at same time.

This is a wet dream of a film for the conspiracy theorists amongst us! "Ewan" (Amit Shah) and his wife "Silke" (Sura Dohnke) are holed up in a rather nice lakeside house in Flanders. They are awaiting the arrival of a journalist to whom they are going to impart some fairly startling information - for a fee, of course. It's so significant that the newspaper sends two minders - "Glynn" (Roger Evans) and "Chris" (Tom Burke) to keep an eye on them. Now these two have worked together for quite a while, but the latter man is eyeing up a career move to the middle east - and he's not necessarily looking to take his mate with him. Over the next 24 hours of their incarceration, we learn a little of the characteristics of these four flawed individuals, and perhaps those who can lip-read might get a clue as to the nature of the big secret! The arrival of foul-mouthed junior journalist "Flo" gives Jenna Coleman a couple of scenes to brings things to an head and deliver a quirky denouement to this lightly, but darkly, comedic shorter drama. For me, the stars are an on-form Evans who delivers well as the Welshman with a few demons to deal with, and Shah who plays the hapless IT geek who takes paranoia to an whole new level. Apparently the title means "whistleblower". It's enjoyable, this film.

IMHO this shows that Neil Maskell has been watching closely in his acting roles for other directors - particularly Ben Wheatley, where he delivered a great performance in Kill List.

Although a "small film", this combines an intriguing premiss with a great cast and delivers tonally with a nice balance between comedy and threat. I'm on board with pretty much anything that Tom Burke does (apart from The Souvenir) and he's great as usual here - as is Jenna Coleman, who is having a blast as a *very* sweary reporter (?).

The script enables some nice interactions between the cast and keeps the tension going pretty much throughout, as befits a nice little thriller.

Recommended.