Shifty (2008)

Recommended

UK

Feature Film

Writer/Director: Eran Creevy

Cinematographer: Ed Wild

Composers: Harry Escott, Molly Nyman

Cast: Riz Ahmed, Daniel Mays, Jason Flemyng, Nitin Ganatra, Jay Simpson, Dannielle Brent, Francesca Annis, Kate Groombridge

After four years of self exile, Chris, a reformed character, returns to his old neighbourhood, and discovers that his best friend has become a crack dealer, and, when things begin to go terribly wrong for him, he stands (out of a sense of loyalty and guilt) by his side, in Creevy’s convincingly composed thriller, which is let down somewhat – but far from fatally – by its overly tight plotting and all too neatly resolved ending. Iain.Stott