Four (2011 film)

2011 British film

Four

Directed by| John Langridge
Written by| Paul Chronnell
Produced by| Craig Conway
Starring|

* Martin Compston
* Craig Conway
* Kierston Wareing
* Sean Pertwee

Cinematography| Adrian Brown
Edited by| John Langridge
Ben King
Music by| Raiomond Mirza

Production
company

Oh My! Productions Ltd

Release date

* 21 October 2011 (2011-10-21)

Running time

| 85 minutes
Country| United Kingdom
Language| English
Budget| £500,000[citation needed]

Four is a British independent film directed by John Langridge and released in 2011.

## Plot

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A jealous husband hires a movie-obsessed detective to kidnap his wife's lover and bring him to a derelict factory to administer some 'rough justice.' Once there, the husband discovers the detective has a revelation of his own. He has kidnapped the husband's wife as well.[1]

## Cast

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* Martin Compston as Lover
* Craig Conway as Husband
* Kierston Wareing as Wife
* Sean Pertwee as Detective
* George Morris as Sergeant Walker

## Reviews

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Total Film's Paul Bradshaw wrote, "With just four actors, a single setting and more twists than a bag full of pretzels, John Langridge’s grimy lo-fi debut is almost smart, taut and nasty enough to bid for the Tarantino comparisons he’s obviously after."[2] The Evening Standard's Derek Malcolm found the film "over-ambitious", starting "as an offbeat thriller with pseudo-Pinterish dialogue" and ending up "much like a horror movie."[3]

Writing in The Guardian Mark Kermode praised the film, acknowledging that "John Langridge's tortuously twisted warehouse-bound tale of a cuckolded husband seeking vengeance on his wife's lover does at least attempt to get the very most out of very little",[4] while The Independent wrote that the script "meditates on male insecurity and possessiveness", but that "the attempt at menace unwisely borrows quotations from Hollywood movies, [a fact] that make [the movie] sound rather wannabe in consequence.”[5]

Time Out's Tom Huddleston wrote that "the cast make the best" of a script that is "as uninspired as the plot, all muttered threats, cockernee slang and an initially amusing, increasingly wearying overuse of the F-word."[6]

## References

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1. ^ "Finished projects", TenSixtyEight.com, 2011
2. ^ Four, Total Film, 19 October 2011
3. ^ Four review The Evening Standard, 21 October 2011
4. ^ [1], The Guardian, 06 May 2012
5. ^ Four, The Independent, 21 October 2011
6. ^ Four DVD review, Time Out, 19 September 2012

## External links

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* Official website
* Four at IMDb