GOOD PEOPLE (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

James Franco (127 Hours), Kate Hudson (Almost Famous), Omar Sy (Jurassic World), Tom Wilkinson (Belle), Anna Friel (The Look of Love), Sam Spruell (Taken 3), Diarmaid Murtagh (Dracula Untold), Michael Jibson (Les Miserables), Diana Hardcastle (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel), Oliver Dimsdale (RocknRolla), Maarten Dannenberg (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Henrik Ruben Genz (Terribly Happy), director; Kelly Masterson (Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead), writer; Ed Cathell III (Olympus Has Fallen), Benjamin Forkner (The Gallows), Thomas Gammeltoft (Excuse Me), Eric Kranzler (Up All Night), Avi Lerner (The Expendables) and Tobey Maguire (25th Hour), producers; Neil Davidge (Push), composer; Jørgen Johansson (Italian for Beginners), cinematographer; Paul Tothill (Hanna), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Tom (Franco) and Anna Wright (Hudson) are a couple living in London who are heavily in debt. When they discover a bag of money in their neighbour’s apartment, they decide to take it and use it to pay back what they owe – unaware that the money actually belongs to Khan (Sy), a French drug dealer who originally stole the money and is now targeting them in order to get it back…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Good People not only boasts a great cast of talented actors, but also sets its stakes high enough to create a tense yet utterly believable atmosphere.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 21ST AUGUST 2015

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