The Disappearance of Alice Creed

When Vic dies, his left hand is on the floor.

But in the last scene his left hand position changes.

When Vic checks the bullets in the gun, he removes the magazine, then replaces it and operates the slide.

A bullet should have ejected as it was recently fired and there would have been one in the chamber.

When Danny thinks he's killed Alice and checks her pulse, it's very clear Alice is breathing as her chest moves.

At one point before Alice is transported, duct tape is wrapped around the hood over her head.

In the next scene the tape is no longer there.

When Alice gets in the car at the end of the movie, the engine should have still been running.

Danny either died or passed out behind the wheel (as evidenced by the stereo still playing) so it seems that he could not have turned off the car in the state he was in.

However, if Danny passed out and the car was in gear (he was driving away after all) then he may have had insufficient pressure on the accelerator.

Consequently the car would stall, cutting the engine.

When Alice gets in the car at the end of the movie, the engine should have still been running.

Danny either died or passed out behind the wheel (as evidenced by the stereo still playing) so it seems that he could not have turned off the car in the state he was in.

Whether the car was in gear or park, the engine would still have been idling if it was an automatic transmission.

But I didn't expect a good, tense film to break out. I figured this would just be some trash straight to DVD film, that I just skim through, laugh at the ridiculous stuff, see Gemma and call it a day.

British cinema is often well known for making high end prestige pictures and excellent comedies but there is so much more to the British film industry. There is a strong, low budget scene and British cinema is able to be very gritty and hard hitting and The Disappearance of Alice Creed is very well made debut film by J Blakeson.

The Disappearance of Alice Creed is a low budget three hander filmed in the Isle of Man.The early scenes are Vic (Eddie Marsan) and Danny (Martin Compston) kidnapping Alice (Gemma Arterton) who is bound and gagged in a bed after being stripped naked.

Yes there were plot twists but who cared? Who could care less about any of these people and who could care less if the plot twisted itself into a pretzel?

I had heard the title of this British film many times, it certainly sounded like my kind of film, and when I read more about it I did recognise the actors, so yep, I was definitely up for watching it, directed by The Descent: Part 2 writer J Blakeson. Basically criminals Vic (Filth's Eddie Marsan) and Danny (Sweet Sixteen's Martin Compston), who met in prison, hatch a plan to kidnap and demand ransom for Alice Creed (Quantum of Solace's Gemma Arterton), the only daughter of a rich family.

Alice Creed's abduction was no rash act of random impulse.A LOT of pre-planning and preparation went into the operation which was performed with precision and seemingly went off without a hitch.

As far as I'm aware 'The Disappearance of Alice Creed' started out life as a stage play and was adapted for the big screen. I know that this sort of adaptation can sometimes be hit and miss, but here I'm pleased to say that everything works perfectly.

Good thriller-drama. Solid, innovative plot.

Can you make a tout, suspenseful flick with only three actors and four locations? It seems you can, unless you work in Hollywood.