Boiling Point
- Directed By: Jack Leigh
- Country: UK
- Released: 2011
- Running Time: 14 minutes
- Links: Metronome Productions
- Films Online, Reviews, Thriller
Set entirely in an interrogation room, Boiling Point is a film that makes the most of its limited budget to deliver a genuinely tense thriller. The film is structured as a face off between detective, Owen Davis (Christopher Lee-Power) and his suspect, Paul Conners (Gavin Hodson). All is not quite right, however, as is immediately apparent from the way the suspect is bound and by the mid-point of the film we begin to realise just how wrong things are.
Shot with an intelligently unflashy style, director, Jack Leigh manages to generate an effective sense of unease that permeates the developing verbal conflict between the two characters. It is how the characters handle this conflict, though, that really brings the film to life.
Both Christopher Lee-Power and Gavin Hodson put in very strong performances that hold your attention throughout. Watching Conners’ cockiness steadily evaporate as he starts to realise just how much trouble he’s in really does draw you to the edge of your seat. Equally, Christopher Lee-Power brings a not-quite-sane intensity to his role and this which infuses the film with the believability needed for its narrative direction to work.
Both of the characters are well-drawn and their backstory, slowly revealed, keeps you engaged throughout. But it is the way in which the two actors bring their characters to life that makes this film well worth seeing.
Boiling Point is an effective calling card for Metronome Productions, and one that promises much more to come. This is a group of film-makers with a lot of potential and one well worth watching out for .
The film has been accepted for several festival screenings and is also available YouTube and embedded below.
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Boiling Point
