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Cal

Country: UK, Language: English, 78 mins

  • Director: Christian Martin; Jack O'Dowd
  • Writer: Christian Martin
  • Producer: Bernie Hodges; Christian Martin

CGiii Comment

The sequel to the acceptable Shank...with all the same weaknesses.

The first words uttered are delivered by an actress who should reconsider her career. Unfortunately, the same level of talentlessness is prevalent throughout...on both sides of the camera...

The writing is shambolic - heavy-handed, inaccurate and unrealistic...the grime and grit are dished out with a shovel. A little subtlety, a little complexity, more depth...obviously, too much to ask for.

The nudity is unnecessary, the blue filter is too much and the teeth are horrible...this is tight-budget, on-the-fly filmmaking for which it should be commended...but, with a better script it would have/could have been a much, much better film.


Trailer...

CAL movie trailer from xian1969 on Vimeo.

The(ir) Blurb...

Cal returns to Britain after receiving news that his mother is ill in hospital. His finds that his home city is like many across Europe and the world, it's facing hard economic times and fallout from the global economic crisis, rioting and looting almost a nightly occurrence as youth unemployment inexorably rises. His Auntie Jane, who has taken up residence in their run down council house, dulls her stagnation with welfare funded booze and disturbing attempts to sexually gratify herself by trying to seduce him. Navigating his way across this new landscape he meets a young student who needs his helps. However his act of kindness brings him into contact with a lawless drug dealing pimp and a race against time to make peace with his mother and get out of town as quickly as possible.

Cast & Characters

Wayne Virgo as Cal;
Tom Payne as Jason;
Emily Corcoran as Aunty Jane;
Lucy Russell as Cath Miller;
Daniel Brocklebank as Ivan;
Bernie Hodges as Jounalist - Phil Trope;
Simon Cook as Oncologist;
Richard Cambridge as Jim;
Garry Summers as Radio Announcer;
Tim J. Henley as Chef