Bill, an idle, unemployed aspiring writer, walks the crowded streets of London following randomly chosen strangers, a seemingly innocent entertainment that becomes dangerous when he crosses paths with a mysterious character.
Jeremy Theobald
The Young Man
Alex Haw
Cobb
Lucy Russell
The Blonde
John Nolan
The Policeman
Dick Bradsell
The Bald Guy
Gillian El-Kadi
Home Owner
Jennifer Angel
Waitress
Nicolas Carlotti
Barman
Darren Ormandy
Accountant
Guy Greenway
Heavy #1
Tassos Stevens
Heavy #2
Tristan Martin
Man at Bar
Rebecca James
Woman at Bar
Paul Mason
Home Owner's Friend
David Bovill
Home Owner's Husband
John Bengue
Ivan Cornell
Jane Hunter
Matthew Jones
David Julyan
David Lloyd
Alberto Mattiussi
Brendan Nolan
Barbara Stepansky
Emma Thomas
Diane Zack
Director, Screenplay
Christopher Nolan
May 12, 2024
9
An impressive, given the budget et al., feature film debut from Mr. Nolan!
Not that the aforementioned is a surprise, of course. Still, this is a great watch, no doubt about it for me. I particularly appreciated the score, which is very good. Jeremy Theobald and Alex Haw give strong performances, especially the latter; who kept reminding me of a young Kevin Durand.
As you'd expect, this has many early hallmarks of Nolan's work - the obvious being the non-linear storytelling. I really like how the story is told here, the premise is intriguing and it ends up wrapping up nicely. The 70 minute run time, although not unwelcome, is shorter than I wanted, only because I happily would've watched this flick develop further.
I still gotta tick off <em>'Memento'</em>, <em>'Insomnia'</em> and <em>'The Prestige'</em> to complete Christopher Nolan's filmography. <em>'Following'</em> is now logged and I'd recommend it. On the topic of this director's movies, I'd rank this higher than (the still very good) <em>'Dunkirk'</em>, <em>'The Dark Knight Rises'</em> and, narrowly, <em>'Tenet'</em>.