Emma Madson meets her ex-boyfriend Ian Dickens, a windbreaker with a head full of ideas. Ian once again has a new idea: he wants to trade old car models and convinces Emma to invest in an old Jaguar and go with him to Switzerland to sell it. The character of well-known comedian Harry Hackett, who died last week, passes in front of the car, and the car with Ian and Emma ends up in a tree. Ian comes up with a new plan to rehabilitate himself in front of Em: what if he digs up Harry Hackett's body, takes a photo of it, then buries the coffin even deeper in the same grave and demands a ransom from the widow? When Hackett's body is in fact stolen, who did it and why becomes increasingly confusing. Ian, whose true plan was to rescue Emma, risks losing everything.
Acting
Iddo Goldberg's spiraling desperation is weirdly compelling.
Direction
Robert Young commits to every absurd turn without blinking.
Writing
The ransom note to a widow plot somehow keeps topping itself.
Director
Robert Young
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bela B. of German punk band Die Ärzte plays Roman, continuing his weird side career in eccentric film roles.
This barely-released 2006 UK-German co-production exemplifies the era's faith that 'edgy crime-comedy' could carry any premise.
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