Director: J.K. Amalou. Cast: Danny Dyer, and Anna Walton. Actor Danny Dyer tries a new character in J. K. Amalou's Deviation. Instead of the usual Cockney hood, Dyer plays it up as a an escaped psychopath named Frank Norton. Rarely is Dyer menacing in this picture. Deviation is meant as a thriller; yet, much of the tension is missing as Norton's hostage, Amber (Anna Walton), has little to fear from Dyer's Midlands swagger. Thus, Deviation unfolds in a fairly tepid manner. A few interesting film elements light the way, but essentially Deviation was sunk at the casting stage with the story also faltering. Deviation is a film of kidnapping. Norton has escaped the local hospital after a vicious stabbing. A convicted murderer, Norton continues his killing spree as if his rehabilitation never happened. An ex-con is the first offed. Wearing lipstick in front of Norton is a death sentence. Norton...
- 6/12/2012
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
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