Six minutes of animated guilt that hits harder than most two-hour dramas.
Jack carries the guilt of the death of Sid - his fellow undercover colleague in the Jack Falls feature film. The back story is referenced at in Jack Falls and explored in this animated short.
Acting
Maskell's Sid voice work packs decades of damage into minutes.
Writing
Economy of storytelling—every frame earns its emotional weight.
Director
Paul Tanter
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made as companion piece to the live-action Jack Falls (2011), this short was produced to flesh out backstory that the main film only referenced in passing.
Part of a brief UK trend of gritty crime-noir animated shorts (see also: The House), using stylization to get away with violence that live-action indies couldn't afford.
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