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What a wonderfully engaging film. It's a package of emotional loss and resettling, genuinely amusing side lines, light romance and drama with a one percent Science Fiction content used to tie it all together.

If you're expecting to watch a Sci-Fi indy film with all that may encompass, I suspect you're going to be one of the ones on here using the incredibly tired cliche about having wasted an hour and three quarters of their life.

The Sci-Fi element is more of a small Segway to bind all the other components. It's a weird spike - that's it, it doesn't need explaining, the film doesn't require it.

The acting, story, setting and outcome make up for what I was originally expecting in every way and left me with an emotional feel good lift that was far from expected and very much appreciated and enjoyed.

Highly recommended as a light but emotional feel good drama - with a teensy tiny bit of Sci-Fi thrown in.

Having just watched this, I can't help but feel it's being marked very low. The acting is certainly not terrible, the movie is well shot and by the end, you'll realise the story is pretty good.

However, if you're watching this thinking it's some kind of American Werewolf in London or any other film along those lines, you'll be sorely disappointed.

It's not lycanthrope based, it's not a horror, there are no thrills and...... thankfully, it's not comparable to Blair Witch project as someone bizarrely seems to have expected .

It is however fairly well made, and retains your attention throughout to an unexpected conclusion.

It's well worth a try.

Who doesn't like a good retribution film? I certainly do.

John Wick, The BeeKeeper, Nobody, there's plenty to choose from. Some are mildly entertaining, others an excellent on screen scrap with well choreographed fight scenes and awesome effects that leaves you thrilled and happy.

DMS has none of these points. What it does have is a build up which starts off with reasonably humorous conversations between the villains and some wonderful exchanges which establishes the realistic interplay between them.

But it doesn't take long to spiral down a steep and dark slope towards a visceral and completely gripping finish - oh and what a finish.

I don't want to spoil anything, but I can say I was taken in completely and revelation when it comes, is a jump in a very cold bath of realisation indeed.

If you think Jason Statham is a badarse not to be messed with, then I have to tell you that Paddy Considiness performance in this ultra realistic dip into nightmarish reality makes Jason's characters seem like your favourite uncle.

This film will not leave you happy, it will not leave you excited, it will however leave you with the rare sense that you've just watched a retributional masterpiece that will stay with you.

Incidentally, all the acting is wonderful, as is the bleak landscape and dwellings, but a huge big up to Toby Kebbell who evidently only had three days to get to grips with the script after the previous person to play the part dropped out. Great performance. The only other retribution based film to even get close to this is The Limey, but this has that pegged for sure.

Get it, watch it - remember it!!