PREVIEW: Beckett (15 TBC)

WHO’S IN IT?

John David Washington (Tenet), Boyd Holbrook (Logan), Vicky Krieps (Old), Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina), Daphne Alexander (The Fourth Kind), Olga Spyraki (film debut), Giorgos Pyrpasopoulos (Chevalier), Panos Koronis (Before Midnight), Lena Kitsopoulou (No Sympathy for the Devil), Isavella Margara (Antistoli), Andreas Marianos (One Last Joke), Marc Marder (A Self-Made Hero), Maria Votti (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Ferdinando Cito Filomarino (Atonia.), director; Kevin A. Rice (film debut), writer; Luca Guadagnino (Call Me By Your Name), Francesco Melzi d’Eril (I Am Love), Marco Morabito (The Landlords), Gabriele Moratti (Suspiria) and Rodrigo Teixeira (The Lighthouse), producers; Ryuichi Sakamoto (The Last Emperor), composer; Sayombhu Mukdeeprom (Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives), cinematographer; Walter Fasano (A Bigger Splash), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Beckett (Washington), an American tourist, is on holiday in Greece with his girlfriend April (Vikander). However, following a tragic car accident, Beckett suddenly finds himself on the run from the local authorities as he becomes embedded in a dangerous political conspiracy…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Producer Luca Guadagnino, and a number of his creative team from many of his films including the Oscar darling Call Me By Your Name, steers this international thriller in the right direction, as does a strong leading performance by John David Washington.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 13TH AUGUST 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON NETFLIX

 

Did you like this preview? Want to be updated on all the new releases every week?

Sign up to our e-mail service today, and get our latest reviews and previews sent straight to your inbox!

Search from over ten years of movies here:

Other recent reviews:

The Drama (dir. Kristoffer Borgli)

A soon-to-be-wed couple deal with the aftermath of a shocking confession…

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (dirs. Aaron Hovarth and Michael Jelenic)

Mario travels beyond the Mushroom Kingdom for an intergalactic adventure…

Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice (dir. BenDavid Grabinski)

Two gangsters and their lover endure a difficult and dangerous night involving time-travel…

The Magic Faraway Tree (dir. Ben Gregor)

A family discovers a magical tree that transports them to wondrous new worlds…

Splitsville (dir. Michael Angelo Covino)

Two couples find themselves caught in more than a few compromising situations…

Pretty Lethal (dir. Vicky Jewson)

A troupe of ballerinas must fight to survive their stay at a strange inn…

They Will Kill You (dir. Kirill Sokolov)

A newly-arrived maid fights for survival in a mysterious high-rise…

Arco (dir. Ugo Bienvenu)

A young boy from the far future unexpectedly travels back in time…

Dead Man’s Wire (dir. Gus Van Sant)

A disgruntled customer holds a mortgage broker as his hostage…

Ready or Not 2: Here I Come (dirs. Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett)

Grace is forced into a much deadlier and more personal game of hide-and-seek than before…

Optimized by Optimole