Two private bankers, Alistair and Jamie, who have the world at their feet get their kicks from playing a 12 hour game of hunt, hide and seek with people from the margins of society. Their next target is Sean Macdonald a parentless teenager who lives with his sister on a housing estate on the outskirts of Edinburgh. She's in debt, he's going nowhere fast. Sean agrees to play for cash.
Acting
Dougray Scott's terrifyingly casual menace.
Cinematography
Edinburgh's ugly-beautiful concrete sprawl.
Direction
Jobson's relentless ticking-clock tension.
Director
Richard Jobson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Raskolnikov's name isn't subtle—it's a direct nod to Crime and Punishment, though this Dostoevsky fanboy never faces consequences.
Shot during Edinburgh's actual Fringe Festival, the contrast between artsy tourists and Sean's brutal reality was unintentionally perfect.
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