This debut from Daniel Wolfe featuring tremendous cinematography from Robbie Ryan is a tense, troubled and troubling thriller about a British Pakistani girl on the run
Here is a flawed but interesting feature debut from former music video director Daniel Wolfe, co-writing with his brother Matthew. It is a grimly nihilist drama based on the murderous phenomenon of the "honour killing" in British Pakistani communities. When Laila (Sameena Jabeen Ahmed) runs away to live with her boyfriend Aaron (Conor McCarron) on a caravan on the edge of the Yorkshire Moors, her family refuse to tolerate it, and hire a posse of tough guys both white and South Asian to get her back; it's a little like John Ford's The Searchers, although the comparison is not stressed.
The action is brutal, and the outcome pessimistic or at least it sure looked pessimistic to me. Catch Me Daddy looks good, thanks...
Here is a flawed but interesting feature debut from former music video director Daniel Wolfe, co-writing with his brother Matthew. It is a grimly nihilist drama based on the murderous phenomenon of the "honour killing" in British Pakistani communities. When Laila (Sameena Jabeen Ahmed) runs away to live with her boyfriend Aaron (Conor McCarron) on a caravan on the edge of the Yorkshire Moors, her family refuse to tolerate it, and hire a posse of tough guys both white and South Asian to get her back; it's a little like John Ford's The Searchers, although the comparison is not stressed.
The action is brutal, and the outcome pessimistic or at least it sure looked pessimistic to me. Catch Me Daddy looks good, thanks...
- 5/16/2014
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Salvage Us DVD ArtRevolver Entertainment Group has generously provided two extra copies of director Lawrence Gough's thriller Salvage for giveaway. Revolver is an international distributor of home entertainment titles in various formats and this company is one of the largest international distributors in the biz'. There newest title Salvage releases on DVD July 6th in North America and this title has been reviewed (here). The film is a suspenseful ride through a possible terrorist attack that reveals itself to be something much more ugly and murderous. Horror and thriller fans living in Canada or the United States are welcomed to enter the contest at the e-mail address below. Also, a red band trailer is available inside with the DVD's extras features, all courtesy of Revolver Entertainment.
The synopsis for Salvage here:
"Christmas Eve, and the residents of a quiet British cul-de-sac are suddenly plunged into a world of violence,...
The synopsis for Salvage here:
"Christmas Eve, and the residents of a quiet British cul-de-sac are suddenly plunged into a world of violence,...
- 7/6/2010
- by 28DaysLaterAnalysis@gmail.com (Michael Ross Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
The horror film Salvage is coming to DVD July 6th and we have the details from the studio. Described by the media as “thrilling” (Bizarre), “scary and believable” (Sci-Fi London), and “a seriously shocking chiller for our times” (Alan Jones, Frightfest), Salvage, the stunning debut feature from director Lawrence Gough, is a brand new British horror film that redefines the genre with a strong female heroine and a topical plot that positions the terror right on our doorstep.
Written by Colin O’Donnell (Hollyoaks) and starring Neve McIntosh (Dr. Who; Gormenghast), Shaun Dooley (Married Single Other; Eden Lake), Linzey Cocker (Wild Child), Trevor Hancock (Behind Closed Doors), Dean Andrews (Life on Mars), Kevin Harvey (Everyone Loves Sunshine), Paul Opacic (Bad Girls) and Shahid Ahmed (28 Weeks Later), the film has already thrilled audiences at the London Frightfest, the Edinburgh Film Festival and at Texas’s prestigious Fantastic Fest where the film...
Written by Colin O’Donnell (Hollyoaks) and starring Neve McIntosh (Dr. Who; Gormenghast), Shaun Dooley (Married Single Other; Eden Lake), Linzey Cocker (Wild Child), Trevor Hancock (Behind Closed Doors), Dean Andrews (Life on Mars), Kevin Harvey (Everyone Loves Sunshine), Paul Opacic (Bad Girls) and Shahid Ahmed (28 Weeks Later), the film has already thrilled audiences at the London Frightfest, the Edinburgh Film Festival and at Texas’s prestigious Fantastic Fest where the film...
- 3/17/2010
- MoviesOnline.ca
From Hoax and Jinga Films comes "Salvage" a film shot in Liverpool, England and showing at the Edinburgh Film Festival in 2009. Involving a wild killing machine that washes up on shore this film is not to be missed. Beginning June 19th and showing through to June 21st the horror is available for fans of the most bloody. For more information on the film visit the Edinburgh Film Festival homepage or hit up Jinga, the distributors, for your own copy of the film.
A synopsis for "Salvage" here...
"When a container washes ashore holding a savage killing machine, the residents of a cul de sac are plunged into a visceral world of violence, terror and paranoia. Ring fenced by the military and ordered to stay indoors, a single mother must overcome all the odds to saver her daughter (Salvage...).
Director: Lawrence Gough.
Writers: Lawrence Gough, and Colin O'Donnell.
Cast: Shahid Ahmed,...
A synopsis for "Salvage" here...
"When a container washes ashore holding a savage killing machine, the residents of a cul de sac are plunged into a visceral world of violence, terror and paranoia. Ring fenced by the military and ordered to stay indoors, a single mother must overcome all the odds to saver her daughter (Salvage...).
Director: Lawrence Gough.
Writers: Lawrence Gough, and Colin O'Donnell.
Cast: Shahid Ahmed,...
- 6/11/2009
- by Michael Ross Allen
- 28 Days Later Analysis
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