After serving jail time for a mysterious crime, Bill and Karl get out of jail and become preoccupied with figuring out who turned them in to the police. On top of that, the "family business" is on the rocks, and the motley crew of criminals who operate out of Down Terrace aren't feeling terribly trusting of one another. It might look like an ordinary house, but at Down Terrace, the walls are closing in..
Acting
Real father-son duo Robin and Robert Hill bleed authentic resentment
Direction
Wheatley turns a Brighton house into a claustrophobic pressure cooker
Writing
Dialogue so natural you'll forget it's scripted until someone gets shot
Director
Ben Wheatley
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in just eight days in the director's own family home for roughly £6,000.
Part of the 'mumblecore crime' wave alongside Shane Meadows—working-class British violence stripped of glamour.
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