When a wealthy stockbroker hires a rough builder to renovate the wine cellar underneath his country house, the two men fall out with chilling consequences. A Gothic suspense thriller inspired by Edgar Allan Poe and hailed by David Fincher as 'a morbid yet classy take on a morbid classic'. A tense thriller about wealth, wine and the art of bricklaying, BRICKS updates Edgar Allan Poe's classic revenge tale 'The Cask of Amontillado' for our times. Rich stockbroker William (Blake Ritson, DA VINCI'S DEMONS) hires rough builder Clive (Jason Flemyng, THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON) to renovate his wine cellar. The two men couldn't be more different: William is rich and refined; Clive is tough and uncouth. But in the shadowy cellar they find common ground. At least at first...
Acting
Flemyng's simmering resentment vs. Ritson's silky cruelty.
Direction
Pierce wrings maximum dread from 10 minutes and brick dust.
Cinematography
Cellar shadows that swallow civilization whole.
Director
Neville Pierce
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is arguably the best Poe adaptation since Roger Corman's 1960s cycle, doing in 10 minutes what most features botch.
Flemyng learned actual bricklaying for the role; the mortar mixing is real, making his character's physical competence quietly menacing throughout.
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