Told over one horrifying night, Deviation will take you on a white-knuckle journey into the mind of Frank Norton, a dangerous schizophrenic murderer as he escapes from Broadmoor Hospital and embarks on a murderous rampage across London. But when Frankie takes a hostage, the deadly game of cat-and-mouse truly begins.
Acting
Dyer commits to unhinged with genuinely unsettling physicality.
Cinematography
Neon-soaked London streets become suffocating maze.
Director
J.K. Amalou
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in just 18 days on a shoestring budget, with Dyer reportedly improvising several of Frankie's unhinged monologues.
Part of a wave of grimy 2010s British thrillers trying to recapture the '00s torture-horror zeitgeist; critics mostly wished it hadn't.