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Deviation (2012)
Cat and mouse psychodrama with a clever role reversal
Deviation is truly mesmerising viewing, depicting a battle of wits between an on-the-run psychopath and a nurse. The story is impossible to predict, as it twists and turns towards its unexpected climax.
Danny Dyer is compelling as the troubled escapee, who wants to start a new life, but circumstances, during the course of the film, do their utmost to thwart him.
Anna Walton, as the hostage, imbues her role with intelligence and resolve, hoping to find a crack in her captor's armour.
The desolate urban locations were well chosen, adding a bleak impersonal backdrop to the tense human drama.
J. K. Amalou directs with poise and assurance, drawing nicely controlled performances from his two leads.
This is a great psychological thriller, well worth watching.