Surveillance details

Format: 15 DVD
Starring: Nicholas Jones, Tom Harper, Sean Brendan Brosnan, Dawn Steele, Simon Callow
Director: Paul Oremland
Genres: Drama - Biography, Crime, Gay/Lesbian - Gay
Studio: PECCADILLO PICTURES
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Surveillance
15 Feature

DVD Information

Run time: 1 hour 26 minutes
Rental release: 27 Aug 2007
Main languages: English
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  • A missed opportunity

    Rated - 2.0 stars  
    By Malc (34 reviews) from London , 14 Nov 2007

    [Highly rated reviewer]

    On the plus side, it's great to have a genre thriller where the leading man is both gay and 'normal' - he sleeps with men but he's not camp or outrageous or simply there to be the comedy 'best friend'. I also commend the director's wish to say something about a society under constant scrutiny and about the paranoia iand homophobia which still exist in high circles. But for all its ambitions this fails to satisfy. The mixture of formats (film, HD, CCTV footage) must have seeemed daring but it looks cheap, and the performances don't seem to have had time to settle in. Only experienced veterans Simon Callow and Michael Elwyn give the piece weight and a credibility which the unpersuasive storyline fails to deliver.
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  • Rent This!

    Rated - 5.0 stars  
    By a customer from Cardiff , 22 Feb 2011
    A first class thriller that keeps you guessing right up to the final frame.

    No-one is who they seem.

    : )
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  • Half baked

    Rated - 2.0 stars  
    By a customer from Surrey , 05 Feb 2010
    This film felt like a two or three part TV 'thriller' (probably ITV, maybe Channel 4 on a bad day!). The idea was good but there was little tension or excitement and boundaries could have been pushed further and it was rather sterile as was the acting generally. The surveillance themed camera work was over used and became irritating and distracting.
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  • survallence

    Rated - 2.0 stars  
    By damagexx (4 reviews) from Redditch , 13 May 2009
    when it first started i thought oh no not shot like the blair witch but fifteen minutes into the film i wa hooked best acted and written gay themed film i have watched for a while well worth a night or lazy afternoon in
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  • CCTV - Turned Off

    Rated - 2.0 stars  
    By OJ Donnelly from Surrey , 28 Apr 2009
    Disapointing! The acting was ok but the story was dull, slow and footage was distracting. Artistic perhaps but an hour and a half of it and it gets annoying.

    Reason to watch this film - none, other than a good looking Tom Harper
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  • wasted opportunity

    Rated - 0.0 stars  
    By a customer from Folkestone , 31 Jan 2009
    potentially great idea that is totally wasted by the annoying camera work and rambling story line.
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