Endgame (2001, Gary Wicks)
An odd wee beast mainly due to the hilariously inaccurate sleeve. Wales is
not part of the "rolling English countryside" to my mind, and such like. Ahem.
A rent boy finds his life is going nowhere when an accident forces him to "get away from it all". Sprinkled with semi familiar faces, this bleak, sour, violent wee thing wasn't that fast paced or that thrilling (see cover
), but thems the breaks. Nice scenery cough.
Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry (2000, Paul Tickell)
Nick Moran? Shirley Anne Field?? Ahem.
Based on a novel of the same name, this is another oddity. An office drudge finds respite from his claustrophobic relationship with his mother and work hassles by inventing his own "accounting system". Filmed flatly but with tinges of Billy Liar, this one also moved along at it's own pace ahem.
ST was the usual barbed sneer from the Haines. Must get that cd!!!