Ben Wheatley likes people getting run over by cars and other assorted shockingly-quick-yet-quite-funny manners of demise. Sure, he creeped the hell out of everyone with last years riff on The Wicker Man with Kill List, but if you look at his BBC commercial work, and his debut film, Down Terrace, you see that his sense of humour is dark and saucy. Sightseers already formed a bit of a cult-following at Cannes and is coming to TIFF in the smart-and-sexy Vanguard Programme. This one wants to play out in an analogous fashion to Bobcat Goldthwait’s God Bless America, but the humour is decidedly British. And lookie there, Edgar Wright is on a producer. Check it out the trailer below.
Three friends of mine who saw this at Cannes flat out hated it, but his previous films have been divisive. I loved Down Terrace and Kill List and this trailer looks great, so I’m there. Never agreed with those guys anyway
“Police are looking for a ginger-faced man and an angry woman”.
Loved Kill List, and this looks like a cross between Nuts in May and In Bruges, so it’s pretty high on my must-see list. Good to hear Brummie accents for lead characters in a film, as well.
This is very high on my list. It fits into my weird sense of humour. I’ll be seeing it in about a week.
By The Way…..THIS IS SOOOOOOOO GOOOOOOOOOD!